Select a figure from the provided Answer Figures which will continue the same…

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Select a figure from the provided Answer Figures which will continue the same series as established by the five Problem Figures.

Problem Figures: Answer Figures:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

  1. A.

    1

  2. B.

    2

  3. C.

    3

  4. D.

    4

  5. E.

    5

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Correct answer: A

Concept: This is an alternating-rotation figure series built from three fixed line-elements in every figure — a top element, a middle element, and a bottom element. The governing rule is that at each step exactly one group of elements changes: either only the middle element rotates 180°, or the top and bottom elements both rotate 180° together — and these two kinds of steps alternate one after another. Whichever elements are not due to change in a given step carry over exactly as they were in the previous figure.

Application: Tracing the rule across the five Problem Figures:

  1. Problem Figure A to Problem Figure B: the middle element rotates 180°; the top and bottom elements stay unchanged.

  2. Problem Figure B to Problem Figure C: the top and bottom elements both rotate 180° together; the middle element stays unchanged.

  3. Problem Figure C to Problem Figure D: the middle element rotates 180° again; the top and bottom elements stay unchanged.

  4. Problem Figure D to Problem Figure E: the top and bottom elements rotate 180° again, which brings Problem Figure E back to exactly the same arrangement as Problem Figure A.

  5. Continuing the same alternation, the next step (from Problem Figure E to the required Answer Figure) must again be a middle-only rotation: the top and bottom elements must stay exactly as they are in Problem Figure E, and only the middle element rotates 180°.

Cross-check: Checking each Answer Figure against this expected result:

  • Only one Answer Figure keeps the top and bottom elements exactly as in Problem Figure E and rotates only the middle element by 180° — this is the correct continuation.

  • Two of the other Answer Figures additionally rotate the top element or the bottom element, which changes one element too many for a middle-only step.

  • One Answer Figure mirrors the middle element to the opposite side of its line instead of genuinely rotating it 180° about the same line.

  • One Answer Figure exactly repeats Problem Figure D, applying an earlier step instead of the next one due in the alternation.

So the Answer Figure that keeps the top and bottom elements fixed and rotates only the middle element by 180° is the one that continues the series.

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