>>11222224So you want to find patterns and rules that always hold as fast as possible, until you find a rule set that narrows it down to one.
You may not have picked the right rule set, but then technically your answer may be as valid or even more valid than some other set.
Anyway, in the problem you posted, the first thing the eye might notice is that the organization of items in the boxes doesn't seem to matter. So don't worry about that within the answer boxes, just worry about the content, the total of what's in each box.
Next, try to find what you expect to see before looking at answers.
The middle row stands out as having 1 of each, so you might think those shapes affect those rows.
On the bottom 1 square, 1 square, then none, and in the middle 2 circles, 1 circle, then none, so the amounts don't match, but the absence does.
Then you look to see if any answers have no triangles. This narrows it down to 3 choices.
In the bottom 2 rows you notice that the remaining shapes have the same amount on left and right.
So you are looking for an answer with no triangles but the same amount of other shapes, 1 circle, and 2 squares.
The top left.
