Each of the following questions consists of two sets of figures. Figures A, B,…
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Each of the following questions consists of two sets of figures. Figures A, B, C and D constitute the Problem Set, while figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 constitute the Answer Set. There is a definite relationship between figures A and B. Establish a similar relationship between figures C and D by selecting the figure from the Answer Set that correctly replaces the question mark in figure D.
Problem Figures: (A) (B) (C) (D) Answer Figures: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
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Correct answer: D
Concept: In this figure-series type, each problem figure carries the same three graphic elements — a double line segment on one edge of the hexagon, a small circle near one vertex, and a directional arrow at one vertex — and each element rotates around the hexagon in a fixed clockwise sense from one figure to the next. Solve by tracking each element's position separately across figures A, B and C, then extending that motion once more to find figure D.
Application: Tracking each element across the Problem Set:
The line segment moves clockwise around the hexagon's edges: the left edge in figure A, the upper-right edge in figure B, the right edge in figure C.
The circle also advances clockwise: tucked in the lower-right corner in figure A, out on the left edge in figure B, near the top in figure C.
The arrow sits at the bottom vertex pointing left in figure A, and at the top vertex pointing right in figures B and C — always pointing in the clockwise-tangential direction for whichever vertex it occupies (leftward at the bottom, rightward at the top).
Continuing this clockwise motion one more step for figure D: the line segment advances to the lower-left edge, the circle advances to the right edge at mid-height, and the arrow returns to the bottom vertex, again pointing left.
Cross-check: This exact combination — line on the lower-left edge, circle on the right edge at mid-height, arrow at the bottom vertex pointing left — appears in only one figure of the Answer Set, confirming it as the figure that replaces the question mark.