Select the option in which the given figure is embedded without rotation.
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Select the option in which the given figure is embedded without rotation.
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Concept
In an embedded-figure problem, trace the target as an ordered chain of line segments and junctions. Extra lines in a choice may be ignored, but every target segment must retain the same relative direction and connection.
When rotation is forbidden, preserve the target's top, bottom, left, and right orientation while tracing.
Application
Begin at the target's upper-left end, follow the horizontal segment to the diamond's left vertex, and keep the double-bend outline below that segment.
Continue around the diamond and verify that it remains to the right of the bent outline.
The figure with two inward rectangular bends on the left and stacked diagonal diamonds on the right contains this complete trace.
Cross-check
The diagonal network on the left with rectangular bends on the right reverses the target's left-right orientation.
Rectangular bends above the diagonal network move the target connection through a quarter-turn.
The diagonal network above rectangular bends also shifts the target to a rotated orientation.
Therefore, the figure with the bends on the left and the diagonal diamonds on the right is the embedded match.