Flips can be patterns tested in abstract or non-verbal reasoning because they are very commonly used when you want to modify an image. It’s also known as ‘reflection’ and is a branch in geometry in mathematics.

For a flip to happen you need:

• an invisible axis (this can be vertical, horizontal or at various angles).
• original image

And once flipped, you get the:

• mirror image / reflection / or flipped image.

Let’s see a flip now.

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What you’ll notice is that:

• The mirror image is the same size and dimensions as the original image.

Here are some important rules to find the mirror or original image.

• If the image is flipped horizontally (on a vertical axis), what is left in the original image is then on the right in the mirror image, and vice versa (see image “Horizontal Flip”).
• If the image is flipped vertically (on a horizontal axis), what is at the top in the original image is then on the bottom in the mirror image, and vice versa (see image “Vertical Flip”).

Horizontal Flip

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Vertical Flip

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Now that you know the rules and because abstract reasoning involves visual pattern detection, let’s apply this to the following question/s.

Example Question/s

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Key Rules to remember

• If the image is flipped horizontally (on a vertical axis), what is left in the original image is then on the right in the mirror image, and vice versa (see image “Horizontal Flip”).
• If the image is flipped vertically (on a horizontal axis), what is at the top in the original image is then on the bottom in the mirror image, and vice versa (see image “Vertical Flip”).

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