What faulty assumptions are you making when you are fooled by the Ames room illusion?

a) that the room is perfectly square but the floor is not level
b) that the floor is level but the room is not perfectly square
c) that the room is not perfectly square and the floor is not level
d) that the room is perfectly square and the floor is level


ANS: d

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