Rotation Pattern — Medium Matrix Reasoning Question

What to learn from this pattern

The shape rotates 90° clockwise with each step, reading left to right, top to bottom.

Explanation

The shape rotates 90° clockwise with each step, reading left to right, top to bottom. • Each cell turns the F-shape one quarter-turn clockwise from the cell before it. • Cell 8 shows the F rotated 270°. The next step brings it back to 0° — the original position. • Cell 9 must show the plain, unrotated F-shape. • Option A matches this exactly. • Other options are 1, 2, or 3 quarter-turns off from the correct position.

Why the other options are wrong

• Brotation-off-1-step — Counted the reading-order turn wrong — this is 1 quarter-turn away from where the pattern lands.
• Crotation-off-2-step — Counted the reading-order turn wrong — this is 2 quarter-turns away from where the pattern lands.
• Drotation-off-3-step — Counted the reading-order turn wrong — this is 3 quarter-turns away from where the pattern lands.