Multi-Rule Pattern — Easy Matrix Reasoning Question

What to learn from this pattern

Each shape appears exactly once in every row and every column.

Explanation

Each shape appears exactly once in every row and every column. • Find the three shapes used in the grid. • Check which shape is missing from the incomplete row. • Check which shape is missing from the incomplete column. • The missing cell needs the shape absent from both — that is option C. The others are wrong: two repeat a shape already in that row or column (A, D), and two use a shape not in the grid at all (B, E).

Why the other options are wrong

• Avalue-already-in-line — Picked a value that already appears in the missing cell's row/column — it can't complete the set.
• Boff-set-value — Picked a value that isn't one of the three distributed in the grid.
• Dvalue-already-in-line — Picked a value that already appears in the missing cell's row/column — it can't complete the set.
• Eoff-set-value — Picked a value that isn't one of the three distributed in the grid.