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Can someone points out which is the odd one? My guess was E, basis on the number to shapes in each square, only E contains odd number of figure while other contains even.

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    Welcome to the Puzzling Stack Exchange! Judging by the 12) in front of the question, this puzzle probably has a source other than yourself. Do you mind sharing it with us? – Rick Mar 28 '18 at 14:32
  • I'm putting this question on hold until proper attribution of its original source is provided. It looks like you're asking us to solve a puzzle you found elsewhere. For content that you did not create yourself, please provide attribution - at minimum you need to let us know where this came from, and any additional context you can provide is usually a big help to solvers. Posts which use someone else's content without disclosing where it came from are generally deleted. – Rubio Mar 28 '18 at 19:14
  • you can search the image its available on internet. i copied this from a pdf file. – manan Mar 29 '18 at 08:10

4 Answers4

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Depending on interpretation, any of them is the odd one out:

A:

Only one with a shape with more than 4 sides.

B:

Only one with only one type of shape.

C:

Only one in which some shapes do not touch each other.

D:

Only one in which the total number of sides on all shapes is odd, assuming a circle is 1.

E:

Only one with an odd number of shapes (as stated in the question)
or: only one in which one shape completely overlaps with another.

Apep
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  • Since we assume there is only 1 answer, that invalidates all 5 interpretations of this puzzle. – Jordan.J.D Mar 28 '18 at 15:57
  • @Jordan.J.D that also assumes it's a well-written question. I think Apep's point here is that it's not. – Lord Farquaad Mar 28 '18 at 16:28
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    It could be that the goal of the question is not to see if the individual can find the correct answer, but which answer they find first and what that says about the way they approached the question. – Apep Mar 28 '18 at 16:43
  • @Apep, if that is correct this question is too broad for puzzling.se – Jordan.J.D Mar 28 '18 at 18:34
  • athin's answer is imo clearly the intended one, and all of these seem like reaches, albeit creative ones. Part of the puzzle for these kinds of puzzles is making a judgement about intention. You can say there's no objectively "correct" answer, and in a way that's true, but in another way it's just refusing to play a game because the rules aren't completely unambiguous. – Jonah Mar 28 '18 at 22:45
  • @Jonah Asserting that that solution is the only intended one implies that the creator included the overlapping of shapes on a whim. As you said, there is some judgment about intention. I believe that an obviously intentional aspect of the puzzle is not irrelevant. – Apep Mar 28 '18 at 23:50
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Maybe, the answer is

D

Because

Count the sides. Only D has 5 sides, the others have 8.

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    Vs pvepyrf pbhag nf mreb fvqrf vafgrnq bs bar gubhtu, gur nafjre vf R sbe orvat gur bayl bar jvgu na bqq ahzore bs fvqrf rot13. That's why I'm not too keen on tests like this one; they don't test if you think well, they test if you think like the test-maker – Lord Farquaad Mar 28 '18 at 16:27
  • This is obviously the intended answer. – Jonah Mar 28 '18 at 22:41
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My answer is:

E, because the circle is in front of two other shapes (the triangle and the square) whereas in all the others, each shape overlaps only one other at most.

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A

Because the Pentagon is the only shape that doesn't appear twice.

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