Find the figure that continues this sequence of arrows and dots. Four boxes in a row, then a fifth box marked with a question mark. Box 1: an arrow pointing right, with a dot at the middle of the top edge. Box 2: an arrow pointing down, with a dot at the top-right corner. Box 3: an arrow pointing left, with a dot at the middle of the right edge. Box 4: an arrow pointing up, with a dot at the bottom-right corner.

Figure 1 (A box containing an arrow pointing up, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.)

Find the figure that continues this sequence of…

Find the figure that continues this sequence of arrows and dots.

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Find the figure that continues this sequence of arrows and dots.

Figure 1

Correct answerYour answerFigure 2 A box containing an arrow pointing right, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 3 A box containing an arrow pointing right, with a dot at the bottom-right corner.

Correct answerYour answerFigure 4 A box containing an arrow pointing left, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

The arrow turns 90° clockwise each time: right, down, left, up, so next it points right.
The dot moves 1 place clockwise round the box each time (the 4 corners and 4 edge midpoints are the 8 places): from the bottom-right corner it goes to the middle of the bottom edge.
Figure 2 shows an arrow pointing right, with a dot at the middle of the bottom edge.

Worth noting

Track one element at a time across all four boxes, and check each option against every rule; each wrong figure here breaks exactly one of them.

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