an interesting puzzle

[Don Shepherd]

(03-15-2017 03:57 PM)Namir Wrote:  

(03-14-2017 11:41 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  OK, Dave posted the same time as me. He and Eric have the correct answer. The first figure has no unique features; all the rest do. This makes the first figure "odd man out."

Interesting puzzle, from the cover of the book "Can You Solve my Problems" by Alex Bellos.

Don, I think you are wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's the long rectangle that contains ALL THE OTHER SHAPES!!! No other shape has other shapes inside it.

Namir

Oh, I see what you mean. That "long (vertical) rectangle" is not one of the shapes to be evaluated, it is a relic of my cutting a copy of the book cover so that the name of the book was not revealed in the image I scanned.

Don