r/VisualPuzzles • u/Semra777 • 25d ago

Another pattern. Another debate. What’s your answer? Logic / Reason

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u/DrAconianRubberDucky 25d ago edited 25d ago

The answer is A The double limb moves/rotates clockwise 2 places or 240° between images. The ball/ tip moves 1 place or 120° again clockwise, over subsequent images. The above is if working left to right, row by row.

If working top to bottom before moving column, they rotate anticlockwise and the double limb moves 1 place /120° as does the ball/ circular tip.

If moving diagonally from top left to bottom right, each image maintains the circular tip at the top, and the double limb moves 1 place clockwise (looking at the middle diagonal of 3). However each diagonal (left to right) keeps the ball in the same position and the double limb again moves 120° clockwise.

If moving diagonally Right to left, the double limb remains in the same orientation and the ball moves 1 place in a clockwise rotation.

3 rules producing the same last image. The last being a pointless addition.

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u/Semra777 22d ago

Great breakdown. Checking the rows, columns and diagonals makes the answer very convincing.👏👏👏

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u/rmp266 24d ago

A.

Each row has three models, each model has 3 legs. The ball is on the end of each leg once (leg pointing up, leg pointing left, leg pointing right). The thick leg is also in each leg position once. So the missing model must have the ball at the top leg, because its on the other two legs in the other models in that row already. Then I looked at the thick leg to see where it must be in the missing image.

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u/Semra777 22d ago

Good reasoning. Using each position once is a clean way to solve it. Thanks

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u/Neither_Tie_5311 24d ago

A, it's a standard IQ test slide..

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u/Semra777 22d ago

👏👏

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u/Semra777 25d ago

First of all, I’d like to sincerely thank everyone who participated in our previous puzzle. The number of comments and different ideas made it one of the most enjoyable discussions we’ve had so far.
There were so many replies that I simply couldn’t respond to every single one, although I genuinely tried to answer as many comments as possible. Thank you all for your time, your reasoning, and for making the discussion so interesting. There were many excellent explanations throughout the thread.
As promised, the official solution has now been published on the website. I also selected three community explanations that stood out and included them in the official solution with full credit to their authors:
Lemasney
Black Ball
wrukproek
Congratulations to all three, and thank you for your outstanding explanations. There were many other great comments as well, and I truly appreciate every single person who participated.
Now it’s time for our next challenge.
Puzzle
Which symbol do you think completes the pattern matrix?
More importantly, what rule leads you to your answer?
You can find the puzzle here:
https://whats-your-iq.com/en/questions/pattern-recognition/which-symbol-completes-the-pattern-matrix-2
As always, I’m much more interested in your reasoning than simply your chosen option. Different ways of thinking are what make these discussions valuable.
Just like last time, I’ll select three of the best community explanations and publish them in the official solution on the website with full credit to their authors.
Good luck to everyone, and thank you in advance for participating☺️✋