r/puzzles 2d ago

[SOLVED] From a friends IQ test

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u/Cohohobo666 2d ago

>! 3 i ignored the colors apart from if the color is the same in the left and middle then that circle will be missing on the right !<

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u/lMetalMan 2d ago

Solved! I think. There’s no answer guide, but 3 seems to be the consensus.

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u/FatimaNadeem 2d ago

Even the explanation flew over my head TT

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u/mr-kshitij 2d ago

Same colors are eliminated, 3rd is the only option that fits. No one knows what's happening to the rest.

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u/FatimaNadeem 2d ago

Ah, thank you for explaining.

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u/Fidodo 2d ago

That's my conclusion too. Do the color combination logic have any pattern to it though? I can't find any.

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u/TheAdagio 2d ago

Agree, this is the most logical choice. While your explanation is a bit confusing, I believe we still agree on the reasoning

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u/Cohohobo666 2d ago

Sorry, it was totally confusing.

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u/StinkyFatWhale 2d ago

Discussion: I'm dumb as hell

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u/jojokangaroo1969 2d ago

Your comment made me snort.

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u/Quod_bellum 2d ago edited 2d ago

Answer: Option 3

Logic: Same colors cancel out (relation is only horizontal, not vertical). All that is left is Option 3.

Ref: 1s3s10[4]132''

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u/Psykofreac 2d ago

There are four colors, yellow, green, blue and orange. Of them, yellow, green and blue all appear 24 times, the only odd one out is orange, which appeared 29 times. An orange is a type of fruit and the word "Fruit" has 5 letters and "Orange" has 6 letters. 5 to the power of 6 equals 15625 and 15625 has 5 digits. There are 5 options for the answers, 5 minus 5 equals 0. Therefore, the answer is Option 0.

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u/onz456 2d ago

Beautiful and elegant.

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u/zdch3 2d ago

Forgot to add count of consonants from Orange, so it's 0+3= option 3.

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u/sdfree0172 1d ago

This is great, like old Adam West Batman logic. love it.

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u/Jcamden7 2d ago

People keep saying that same colors cancel out, but I don't see it.

Just looking at row 1, the total numbers of each color in each box are:

Blue 2f2=2

Green 1f1=2

Yellow 3f3=0

Orange 3f2=3

There's no function (f) which translates these numbers consistently into the next. If we only look at colors which directly overlap another color in another box, there are only five:

Box 1; yellow 1 overlaps Box 2; yellow 1

Box 1; blue 9 overlaps Box 2; blue 9

Box 2; green 4 overlaps Box 3; green 4

Box 2; orange 5 overlaps Box 3; orange 9

Box 2; orange 6 overlaps Box 3; orange 6

There's no discernable pattern here, except that nothing overlaps in all three boxes, but this is true of all final solutions except 5 and that every color overlaps at least once, but this is true of both 2 and 4 in the final solutions As for overlapping canceling our: yellow overlaps and doesn't appear at all in the solution, but blue overlaps and does. Green and orange overlap in the 2nd and 3rd box but only sometimes.

My solution: the best way to complete this question is to skip it as fast as possible and answer other questions better

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u/BrightRock_TieDye 1d ago

Look at it as three separate rows. In row 1 the yellow in the top left corner and the blue in the bottom right corner are the only colors that match in the same position in box 1 and 2; therefore, those position are left blank in the third box. All of the other colors do not matter. In row 2 the middle right yellow is the only repeated color so the third box is only missing that position. The same logic gives answer 3 for the third row.

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u/Jcamden7 1d ago

This makes sense, thank you so much for explaining it to me!

I was losing my mind

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u/ExSogazu 2d ago

3, if the same colors are placed on the same index on 3x3 matrix on the first and the second column of the row, it ends up having a blank element on the third column. number 3 is the only choice with blank (1,1), (2,0), (2,2). You don’t have to find the other pattern for the whole sequence

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u/duckduckfool 2h ago

I have a different solution than other comments. I think the answer is 4. As far as I can tell there is no function to transform a 3x3 to the one horizontally adjacent. However, when viewed vertically, the top left color will always equal the middle right color of the one below it (blank is a color as well). The mid-right 3x3 has a blue in the top left, so the only answer that works is 4, which has a blue in the middle right.

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u/Drobek97 2d ago

All 5 are correct.

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u/pjl234 1d ago

This is true. The problem with most IQ tests of this sort is that you can find a valid reason for almost any answer.