The next figure (indicated by '?') in the sequence is: Each panel shows a 4 row by 3 column grid holding one triangle and one circle. Moving from one panel to the next, the triangle stays in the rightmost column and drops down by one row, while the circle stays in the leftmost column and drops down by one row, wrapping back up to the top row once it passes the bottom row. Which panel comes next?
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Track how the triangle and the circle each shift by one grid cell between panels.
Label the grid rows 1 to 4 from top to bottom and the columns 1 to 3 from left to right, then read off where each shape sits in every panel.
Panel 1: triangle at row 1, column 3; circle at row 3, column 1.
Panel 2: triangle at row 2, column 3; circle at row 4, column 1. Both shapes moved down exactly one row and kept their column.
Panel 3: triangle at row 3, column 3; circle at row 1, column 1. The triangle again moved down one row, and the circle cycled from row 4 back to row 1.
Extending both rules by one more step puts the triangle at row 4, column 3 and the circle at row 2, column 1, which is exactly what the first option shows, so that option is correct.
