Thursday 26 November 2015

geometry - Continue the Pattern of Circles


The following shapes are sequenced from left to right. Describe or create the next five shapes. Bonus points to those who describe how the pattern works.


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  • The pattern could continue on forever.

  • The line thicknesses you see here are 1, 3, and 5; and the next five shapes require only these.


Spoilers: I presented this as a programming question and folks made some very cool animations.




Answer



Here is your sequence:



Sequence



And the explanation is:



These are Roman numerals. Read the circles from inside out. Thickness 1 is I, thickness 3 is V, thickness 5 is X.



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