Can anyone solve this?

scv · #1 10-03-2007, 01:15 PM

I dont know if its the right forum but i'm competely stuck on this one. Anyone got any idea?

Drag · #2 10-03-2007, 02:14 PM

I'd choose 1.

The number of areas separated by lines decreases from left to right.
4 2 1
8 4 2
3 2 ?
So only 1 fits this observation.

kevin017 · #3 10-03-2007, 03:08 PM

i also think it is number 1.

I had similar reasoning to the above answer except i was looking at columns. in column 1, the first and third block have two circles. in column 2 the first and third block have one circle. in column 3 the first and third block have no circles.

the middle block in each column i ignored. the above given answer complements mine

PLOlover · #4 10-03-2007, 03:24 PM

could be a 3d object looked at from various 2d angles or someting.

Stu Pidasso · #5 10-03-2007, 03:59 PM

4.....I'll let other explain

Stu

jukofyork · #6 10-04-2007, 09:50 AM

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I dont know if its the right forum but i'm competely stuck on this one. Anyone got any idea?

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This is a tough one. Even after finally giving up and googling for "matrix15n.gif", I can't find any other's who definitively show the solution:

http://www.mensa.no/forum/index.php?...f=8&t=2092

http://www.hifisentralen.no/forum/in...topic=15092.45

http://filosofiforum.com/phpBB2/view...=45&t=3849

(if you don't speak Norwegian [like me], then you will need this to get a gist of what they are saying).

Juk [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

scv · #7 10-04-2007, 11:39 AM

I speak swedish so np. I liked Drag's idea but wasnt convinced. Reading those links it seems like #3 is the sollution but noone seems to understand why [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I have to give it some more thought.

Jamougha · #8 10-04-2007, 12:27 PM

I think this problem is beyond the point where any specific solution is going to be compellingly correct.

pzhon · #9 10-04-2007, 01:34 PM

This type of problem is primarily about guessing what the test maker thinks qualifies as a pattern. This is stupid.

kevin017 · #10 10-04-2007, 03:49 PM

if we're going based off reasonless guessing, i could see 3 being reasonable, but i think we can eliminate it down to 1 or 3. 2, 4, and 5 are too needlessly complex.

the only reasoning i can see for 3 is it follows a general pattern of simplifying, and it isn't as similar to the top right box as number one, which for all we know (reasonless guessing) matters for some reason.