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Algebra Level 2

Which is the missing square ? Assume that "blank" added to anything else results in a "blank".

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3 solutions

V A
Mar 31, 2015

On each row, the first two tiles are operands and last tile is the result. The result is calculated in the following manner: Each dot in first operand is combined with a dot in the same location in the second operand. The resulting dot is placed in the same location in the result tile. Combination results are as follows, operations are commutative (operands order doesn't matter):

  • White and black produce blank space (no dot).
  • White and blank space (no dot) produce blank space (no dot)
  • Black and blank space (no dot) produce blank space (no dot).
  • White and white produce black.
  • Black and black produce white.

Hence the correct answer is G (White dot in top left position and black dot in bottom left position).

How do we know that (blank space) and (white or black) produce blank ?

Yasser Salem - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Assuming black plus blank = white and white plus blank = black, E is a valid answer, abed with nothing to base the decision on and E and G both present as answers this is a faulty problem.

Taylor Pope - 6 years, 2 months ago

You're right, we don't. We assume.

V A - 6 years, 2 months ago

The theory acts for every case.

Shubham Ghosh - 6 years, 1 month ago

There's nothing in the two operands to suggest a blank space plus anything equals a blank space. I assumed a blank space plus a dot would produce a dot of the opposite color. This is an equally valid assumption to the one you made. Hence, this problem yields more than one unique solution.

David Fox - 4 years, 11 months ago

Or you can count each type of dots in every square. The number of black and empty is equal, there are 2 blanks in both middle and top right corner and it has to stay equal too. If everythink is equally spread, then the only answer possible is g

Mateusz Franiczek - 2 years, 6 months ago
Rishabh Tripathi
May 2, 2015

I think my way is easier to understand. In each row and column the third square is the result of operations on first and second square.

Step 1: A B A\bigcap B (While taking intersection the color of the dot must be considered. We won't take two dots with different color and same position in the intersection)

Step 2: Reverse the colors. The black dots become white and white become black.

Finally you'll get the answer.

Darsh Kedia
May 12, 2020

Following are the rules followed:-

  • Two Black Dots Combine To Make A White Dot
  • Two White Dots Combine To Make A Black Dot
  • One Black Dot And One White Dot Combine To Make A Blank
  • A Blank Combined With Anything Makes A Blank

In the last row, the two black dots will combine to form a white dot in the top-left corner.

In the middle of the square, a blank combines with a black dot. This will result in a blank.

Hence the answer is square G .

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