Julia_Z Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Hi! Can someone solve this problem and explain logic behind the answer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 It's A because each panel below is a simplified version of the panel above. (On the left it simplifies it by essentially removing portions of each line while keeping the general orientation intact, on the right it simplifies it by moving lines away so there's not as much overlap.) It's B because each panel has the same number of lines as the panel in the opposite corner (polygons count as a single line). It's C because every panel has to have a different number of curved lines. It's D (none of the above) because every panel must have an odd number of points where lines intersect. Would the nature of puzzles 1-16 be of any help in figuring out what they're trying to get at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 antel0pe Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I think it's A. In each square there is at least one line and if there is more than one line, it will be going at a slope opposite it i.e. goes from a positive slope to a negative slope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Just a personal preference - arguments can be made for each. A. Eliminate B for its triangle. Eliminate C for its closed curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Julia_Z Posted May 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 The right answer is C, but I dont understand why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) As I pointed out above, you can make arguments for any answer, and this seems to be a case where the question's author is expecting you to look for some particular aspect about the figures with no reasonable clues (as far as I can tell) as to which one of the many possible aspects they're focusing on. Maybe there are clues that we haven't been given that should point toward that answer, such as a pattern of answers to previous questions, or some clue hidden in instructions we aren't seeing, or something along those lines. Or maybe this is more of a psychological test where they take a set of people who are considered smart and ask them what they consider the "best" answer to be (knowing full well that there isn't really any "correct" answer) and see what they come up with. At any rate, at the risk of sounding arrogant, unless there are other clues that are supposed to come into play, I would just consider this to be a lousy question that has little if anything to do with logic and move on. Edited May 4, 2014 by plasmid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 The right answer is C, but I dont understand why. Julia, I think we're all with you on that point. It's hard to find a defining aspect that C uniquely has in common with the first three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can someone solve this problem and explain logic behind the answer?
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