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In my home is a common household object. I securely attached a marking pen to some point on the household object, and I placed a sheet of graph paper next to the pen, so the paper would not move. I then operated the household object in the normal manner, and it drew the pattern below. What is the household object?

Notes: My marker did not draw smoothly, but under perfect conditions, the curve would be smooth (not wavering), point A would be vertical at the end, and point B would be horizontal at the end.

pattern visual situation

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In my home is a common household object. I securely attached a marking pen to some point on the household object, and I placed a sheet of graph paper next to the pen, so the paper would not move. I then operated the household object in the normal manner, and it drew the pattern below. What is the household object?

Notes: My marker did not draw smoothly, but under perfect conditions, the curve would be smooth (not wavering), point A would be vertical at the end, and point B would be horizontal at the end.

pattern visual situation

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In my home is a common household object. I securely attached a marking pen to some point on the household object, and I placed a sheet of graph paper next to the pen, so the paper would not move. I then operated the household object in the normal manner, and it drew the pattern below. What is the household object?

Notes: My marker did not draw smoothly, but under perfect conditions, the curve would be smooth (not wavering), point A would be vertical at the end, and point B would be horizontal at the end.

pattern visual situation

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A marker could have been attached to one of these:

bifold closet doors

Or maybe near one end of this?

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  All hinged doors open in a circular arc. From this angle, it seems that the arc is the same as the one in the question but the drawn arc would be different.
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  @Chowzen You got the right object, but it looks like you've mounted the marking pen on the "elbow," which would draw an arc when looking at the paper from directly overhead. Your pattern is achieved only by viewing the paper at an angle, which is not the intended answer. There is a better spot to mount the marking pen.
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Attach the pen to another pen, and then draw a curve?

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Was it:

One of those oven doors that slides under the oven as you open it like the image below (without actually sliding it all the way in once it was horizontal)?

In this case the arc of the door opening would shorten in radius as the door slides under during the pivot stage. The line drawn would be that of a pen attached in line of the top edge of the oven door.

Image:

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  No, that's not it. It looks like your object has to fully open before it slides under, which would draw an arc, then a straight line, and not the requisite pattern.
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The pen could have been attached to the side of the projecting footrest of a 'La-Z-boy' type recliner (on the lever side). When the lever is moved to lower the footrest, the path of the pen is like your A to B (grid in inches).

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The common household object could be

a vacuum cleaner.

As,.

it was operated in a room, filled with a thick layer of dust. The starting position is shown by A( vertically above B, because of dust) and as the cleaning gets completed, the pen's height decreases and settles down at B.

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A marker could have been attached to one of these:

bifold closet doors

Or maybe near one end of this?

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  All hinged doors open in a circular arc. From this angle, it seems that the arc is the same as the one in the question but the drawn arc would be different.
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  @Ahmed_Rahat depends on the placement of the pen. I don't think it is circular if it was somewhere on the right section
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  @Chowzen You got the right object, but it looks like you've mounted the marking pen on the "elbow," which would draw an arc when looking at the paper from directly overhead. Your pattern is achieved only by viewing the paper at an angle, which is not the intended answer. There is a better spot to mount the marking pen.
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  @FlanMan Yes, bad drawing on my part, see the new image.
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  I think it would work on a single-panel garage door, too. Or maybe I'm mistaken...
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A marker could have been attached to one of these:

bifold closet doors

Or maybe near one end of this?

share|improve this answer

edited 5 hours ago

answered 6 hours ago

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  All hinged doors open in a circular arc. From this angle, it seems that the arc is the same as the one in the question but the drawn arc would be different.
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  @Ahmed_Rahat depends on the placement of the pen. I don't think it is circular if it was somewhere on the right section
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  @Chowzen You got the right object, but it looks like you've mounted the marking pen on the "elbow," which would draw an arc when looking at the paper from directly overhead. Your pattern is achieved only by viewing the paper at an angle, which is not the intended answer. There is a better spot to mount the marking pen.
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  @FlanMan Yes, bad drawing on my part, see the new image.
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  I think it would work on a single-panel garage door, too. Or maybe I'm mistaken...
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A marker could have been attached to one of these:

bifold closet doors

Or maybe near one end of this?

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answered 6 hours ago

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Attach the pen to another pen, and then draw a curve?

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Did you

Attach the pen to another pen, and then draw a curve?

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answered 6 hours ago

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Did you

Attach the pen to another pen, and then draw a curve?

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answered 6 hours ago

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answered 6 hours ago

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answered 6 hours ago

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Was it:

One of those oven doors that slides under the oven as you open it like the image below (without actually sliding it all the way in once it was horizontal)?

In this case the arc of the door opening would shorten in radius as the door slides under during the pivot stage. The line drawn would be that of a pen attached in line of the top edge of the oven door.

Image:

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  No, that's not it. It looks like your object has to fully open before it slides under, which would draw an arc, then a straight line, and not the requisite pattern.
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Was it:

One of those oven doors that slides under the oven as you open it like the image below (without actually sliding it all the way in once it was horizontal)?

In this case the arc of the door opening would shorten in radius as the door slides under during the pivot stage. The line drawn would be that of a pen attached in line of the top edge of the oven door.

Image:

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answered 7 hours ago

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  No, that's not it. It looks like your object has to fully open before it slides under, which would draw an arc, then a straight line, and not the requisite pattern.
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  – FlanMan
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Was it:

One of those oven doors that slides under the oven as you open it like the image below (without actually sliding it all the way in once it was horizontal)?

In this case the arc of the door opening would shorten in radius as the door slides under during the pivot stage. The line drawn would be that of a pen attached in line of the top edge of the oven door.

Image:

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The pen could have been attached to the side of the projecting footrest of a 'La-Z-boy' type recliner (on the lever side). When the lever is moved to lower the footrest, the path of the pen is like your A to B (grid in inches).

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The pen could have been attached to the side of the projecting footrest of a 'La-Z-boy' type recliner (on the lever side). When the lever is moved to lower the footrest, the path of the pen is like your A to B (grid in inches).

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The pen could have been attached to the side of the projecting footrest of a 'La-Z-boy' type recliner (on the lever side). When the lever is moved to lower the footrest, the path of the pen is like your A to B (grid in inches).

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The common household object could be

a vacuum cleaner.

As,.

it was operated in a room, filled with a thick layer of dust. The starting position is shown by A( vertically above B, because of dust) and as the cleaning gets completed, the pen's height decreases and settles down at B.

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The common household object could be

a vacuum cleaner.

As,.

it was operated in a room, filled with a thick layer of dust. The starting position is shown by A( vertically above B, because of dust) and as the cleaning gets completed, the pen's height decreases and settles down at B.

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answered 4 hours ago

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The common household object could be

a vacuum cleaner.

As,.

it was operated in a room, filled with a thick layer of dust. The starting position is shown by A( vertically above B, because of dust) and as the cleaning gets completed, the pen's height decreases and settles down at B.

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