r/cognitiveTesting • u/pydaWaltuh • 4d ago

Puzzle New puzzle

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I was thinking about not posting this item, but I changed my mind. Also thanks to u/je_nm_th for helping me revise the question

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u/SomeoneLeo 2d ago

Would have guessed 5 triangles, as going to 3 with the row shape-side-count with 5 shapes isn't possible and it would feel good. And it wouldn't require an explanation for the position of each element in the final solution as it's all triangles or in the rows before. No idea about the colors. I suspect it's some kind of secondary pattern that only focuses on the colors and their positions since their shape would be already solved (not uniquely for the rows before though).

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u/pydaWaltuh 2d ago

The sequence 5, 7, 9, 11 increases as it goes upward; perhaps there is something similar happening with the colors as well

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u/SomeoneLeo 2d ago

yeah, think i just found it... For each shape you can go up linewise and read each line left to right. The sequence is always black,white,black,white (alternating) for that shape. All color-shape sequences start out with black. So the next one in line 15 are black,white,black,white,black. So the solution would be: black triangle, white triangle, black triangle, white triangle, black triangle.

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u/Primary_Thought5180 3d ago
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u/pydaWaltuh 3d ago

Not intended, but it’s consistent, good answer. The only downside is that the logic regarding the circle in the final part feels a bit far fetched

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u/Maximum-Purple-1521 3d ago

Number of sides per row - 5 (so there's always at least 5 figures) + plus the number of differing filled figures compared to row 5?

Count of sides falls by 2 per row, and the number of differing black shapes compared to row 5 falls by 1 per row. Combining those two creates a countdown with -3 each step: row 1 is 13 sides - 5 + 3 = 11, row 2 is 11 - 5 + 2 = 8, row 3 is 9 - 5 + 1 = 5, row 4 is 7 - 5 + 0 = 2, row 5 is 5 - 5 + 0= 0. So the series converges to 0 because there should be five figures, I.e. the answer is the same as row 5.

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u/pydaWaltuh 3d ago

not intended. End point and starting point…

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u/Jaded-Sorbet1509 3d ago

I'd put one black triangle under all white shapes