2023 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 16
Solution 1
In our grid we can see there are , and of the letters P, Q and R’s respectively. We can see our pattern between each is , , for the P, Q and R’s respectively. This such pattern will follow in our bigger example, so we can see that the only answer choice which satisfies this condition is
(Note: you could also "cheese" this problem by listing out all of the letters horizontally in a single line and looking at the repeating pattern.)
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