The figure below is supposed to show three non-overlapping shapes, one oval and two triangles. Which one of the following figures P, Q, R, or S fits the missing portion indicated by '?' and completes the oval and the two triangles?
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Check which option continues the oval's curve and the triangle's straight edge smoothly, without adding a fourth shape.
This is a figure completion question. The full picture uses exactly three shapes: one oval and two triangles. The '?' box covers a small piece of this picture, and we must pick the option that keeps the picture to exactly three shapes while matching the lines that run into the box from outside it.
(P): contains a narrow curved sliver and a small triangle tip. The curve has the same thin, gentle bend as the oval's outline elsewhere in the figure, and the triangle tip lines up with the triangle edge visible just below the box. Nothing extra is added, so the shape count stays at one oval and two triangles.
(Q): the triangle piece inside this box is flipped compared to the piece that must connect to the visible triangle edge, so joining it back into the full figure produces a kink in the triangle's side instead of a straight edge.
(R): this option packs in an extra triangular corner that has no matching edge anywhere else in the figure, so completing the picture with (R) would create a fourth shape instead of the stated three.
(S): the curved region here is a thick, near-complete half disc, much bigger than the thin arc that the oval shows entering the box, so the curvature does not continue smoothly.
Only (P) reproduces the oval's arc at the correct curvature and the triangle's edge at the correct slope without adding any new shape, so it is the piece that belongs in the '?' box.
Let's summarize:
Match curved edges by their bend (radius), not just by "is it curved".
Match straight edges by their slope and direction.
The completed figure must still contain only the stated shapes, one oval and two triangles.
