The 3D figure shows the view of an object. Identify the correct view in the direction of the arrow, from the answer figures.
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A downward arrow on a drawing means looking straight down, so you need the top (plan) view. Locate the ramp, the gap between the two blocks, the tower and the cone, and place them in plan.
The arrow in the 3D figure points vertically downwards, so the required view is the top view (plan). The object has a long ramp running from the lower left up to a raised platform at the right. Two blocks sit on the ramp with a small gap between them, and the platform carries a rectangular tower at the back and a cone nearer the front. In plan the ramp and the two blocks appear as a long horizontal rectangle on the left, and the gap between the two blocks shows as a double vertical line. The platform appears as a rectangle on the right. The tower stands further along the platform (towards the right) and towards the back, so its plan is a small rectangle in the upper right of the platform. The cone stands nearer the ramp and towards the front, so its plan is a circle with a centre dot (the apex), placed lower and to the left of the rectangle. Option (2) has no double line for the gap between the two blocks. Option (3) puts the rectangle directly above the circle, which does not match the offset of the tower and cone. Option (4) shows the two blocks as separate rectangles with a wide gap, which is not what the figure shows. Option (1) matches all features. Answer: (1) the top view with the double line, the small rectangle at the upper right and the circle at the lower left of it
