The figures on the left form a related pair, and so do the two figures that follow. Study how figure 2 relates to figure 1, then apply the same relationship to figure 3 and pick the matching figure 4 from the options.
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See exactly what changed, and what stayed fixed, between the first and second figures, then apply the same change to the third figure.
Step 1: Compare figure 1 to figure 2. The top dots stay exactly where they are, but the lines joining them are reflected, changing a downward converging shape into a reversed one.
Step 2: State the rule linking the two pairs. This tells us the rule connecting the first and third figures to their partners: keep every dot fixed in place, and only flip the connecting lines to their mirror position.
Step 3: Apply the rule to figure 3. Figure 3 shows two dots on the right joined by lines meeting at a point on the left. Keeping both dots exactly where they are and flipping the lines moves the meeting point across to the right side, next to the dots.
Step 4: Match against the options. The correct figure must keep exactly two dots, unmoved from figure 3's positions, with the vertex now sitting beside them instead of far to the left. Option 1 shifts the dots outward from their original spot, option 2 wrongly adds a third dot that never appeared in figure 3, option 3 keeps the two original dots in place with the vertex flipped next to them, and option 4 simply repeats figure 3's orientation with no flip at all.
Final Answer: Option 3 alone keeps the dots fixed and flips only the connecting lines. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 3}} \]
