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Non-verbal Reasoning · Question 10 of 65

A pattern of 6 shaded squares is reflected in a still lake whose surface runs along MN.

Question 10

EasyOriginal question

A pattern of 6 shaded squares is reflected in a still lake whose surface runs along MN. Which figure is the reflection?

A 5 by 5 grid with 6 shaded squares, at (row, column) counted from the top-left: (3, 5), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 4), (5, 5). A horizontal water line MN is drawn just below the grid.
Options for question 10

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

Explanation

  1. Water along MN, below the grid, swaps top and bottom but not left and right: a square in row r moves to row 6−r6 - r and stays in its column.

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

  3. Figure 3 shows exactly these squares.

Worth noting

Figure 1 is the mirror image (left and right swapped), Figure 2 is the grid turned upside down, and Figure 4 is the grid given a quarter turn. A water image flips top to bottom and nothing else.

Concept
Water image: reflection in a horizontal line
Typical time
40 s
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