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On these dials the orange hand and the dark hand each turn at a steady rate. One dial does not follow the pattern. Which dial is it?

Competition practiceFigure Series & Analogies
  • A(b)
  • B(c)
  • C(d)
  • D(e)

Step-by-Step Solution

The orange hand turns clockwise each time (up, right, down, left, up) and the dark hand turns anticlockwise (right, upper-right, up, upper-left, left). On dial (d) the dark hand still points up instead of upper-left, so (d) is wrong.
Answer: C) (d)

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