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When matching puzzle pieces, what is a reliable strategy for identifying the correct assembled shape?

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Correct answer

Match each piece's distinctive edges, corners, and sizes to where they belong, and eliminate answers where a piece is the wrong shape or size

  1. A Count only the number of pieces
  2. B Match each piece's distinctive edges, corners, and sizes to where they belong, and eliminate answers where a piece is the wrong shape or size
  3. C Pick the most colorful answer
  4. D Always pick the largest figure

Why this is the answer

A reliable strategy for fitting-parts problems is to focus on each piece's distinctive features — unusual edges, specific angles, notches, and relative sizes — and confirm those features appear correctly in the assembled answer. Start with the most unusual or recognizable piece and find where it must go, then check the rest. Eliminate any answer in which a piece is the wrong shape, the wrong size, flipped incorrectly, or doesn't fit cleanly with its neighbors. Working by distinctive features and using elimination is faster and more accurate than trying to mentally assemble every choice from scratch.
Source: ASVAB Assembling Objects, Part Fitting Strategy

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About this topic: Fitting Parts Together

Fitting-parts items show a set of pieces and ask which finished figure they form, like a jigsaw. Count the pieces, match distinctive edges, and eliminate answers that use a shape not in the set or change a shape's size. This is one of 14 Assembling Objects questions on fitting parts together, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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