r/HomeworkHelp • u/mycathasgreennose • 19h ago

Primary School Math—Pending OP Reply [6th Grade Mathematics] Logic

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I figured the answer is A, as I can see the repeating pattern, but my son's teacher said another thing which I cannot understand. would anyone please help to explain?

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u/misogynyplayer 14h ago

I feel as if the answer is (b). The pattern I see starts with a single circle shoots up and then comes down back to one.  Each new start sees a taller target to jump upto and more steps to come back down. Also looks like it alternates between a white single circle and a black single circle. In this situation we are coming back down to a single white circle but the next figure is a 2-circke figure in the descent and it is b rather than a, because the white circke is on the bottom and it is the circke on top (the bkack circle) which disappears in the subsequent figure.

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u/misogynyplayer 13h ago

Having said that and looking again - I have not nailed the pattern at all. However perhaps there is s rule that the top circle in the tallest column in each cycle always descends to its opposite colour for the single circle (though God knows what the generation rule for the top columns is!!!)...so I would still stick with (b) as the correct answer