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Non-verbal Reasoning · Question 5 of 65

Tenzin reflects the 6 shaded squares of this grid in a vertical mirror along MN.

Question 5

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Tenzin reflects the 6 shaded squares of this grid in a vertical mirror along MN. Which figure shows the reflection he sees?

A 5 by 5 grid with 6 shaded squares, at (row, column) counted from the top-left: (1, 4), (1, 5), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (3, 5). A vertical mirror line MN is drawn just to the right of the grid.
Options for question 5

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Explanation

  1. A mirror standing along MN, to the right of the grid, swaps left and right but not top and bottom: a square in column c moves to column 6−c6 - c and stays in its row.

  2. So the shaded squares (1, 4), (1, 5), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (3, 5) (row, column) move to (1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (3, 1).

  3. Figure 2 shows exactly these squares.

Worth noting

Figure 1 is the water image (top and bottom swapped), Figure 3 is the grid turned upside down, and Figure 4 is the grid given a quarter turn. A mirror never turns a figure; it only flips it.

Concept
Mirror image in a vertical mirror
Typical time
40 s
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