What pattern could be placed in the last square to complete the sequence?
This image from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W0A2E2GIwi6mq9b94FzA7PhfXCae-VPB/view originally created by Daniel Rudansky
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$\begingroup$ Yup, Glorfindel's right. On hold pending attribution. (Sorry about the "off-topic" wording; we only have a fixed range of possible reasons for closing a question. Of course this isn't actually off topic.) $\endgroup$– Gareth McCaughan ♦Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 22:15
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It seems that the pattern goes:
Add 2 blank dots, then colour them in, then add 2 blank dots, then colour them in, etc.
Therefore a suitable pattern for the last image would be:
Which is the usual pattern for a 7 dotted dice, often used in dice games.
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1$\begingroup$ why is not the white-blue-white line vertical? $\endgroup$ Commented Nov 8, 2019 at 10:01
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$\begingroup$ The dots could be placed on the diagonal too. $\endgroup$– ConifersCommented Nov 8, 2019 at 10:07
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1$\begingroup$ because this is the standard layout for a 7 dot dice $\endgroup$– AHKieranCommented Nov 8, 2019 at 13:58
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The pattern appears to build up, adding dots and colors, leaving the sequence "full" at the fifth square, with no room to add anything after that, so you could make an arbitrary choice as to what happens next, such as:
The sequence repeats, so the sixth square looks just like the first square. Or the sequence resets before it repeats, and the sixth square is empty. Or the sequence follows the pattern ABCDEDCBA, and the sixth square looks like the fourth square.
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If we take this pattern as a part of a bigger and complete pattern with a well defined rule, then this makes sense:
It is a complete palindrome-like pattern with "mirrored" operations (add-change-add- change-change-remove-change-remove). It eliminates the obscurity how to add white spheres after item 5. It involves operations that have already been used, so in this sense it is not arbitrary any more.
