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Mk 6:41c ... And he "broke down" the loaves.

The text says kateklasen, (kata = down, klasen = broke) he broke the five loaves down. It says nothing about the fish.

Looking at the previous diagram and doing what the verse says, the fish has to go, the bread needs to be broken in half, and then lowered (brought down). You can try all you want but you will never get five loaves (481) tangent to the rectangle representing the 5000 men in the previous diagram. It is impossible.

The only way it can be done is to again change the dimensions of the rectangle. Of the many ways to try, there is only one correct solution (98.3% accurate). Not only do the five loaves fit inside a rectangle (91.80 x 54.46) with an area of 5000 square units, but the sign is again also drawing board tangent to the circle.