Riddles with sequences

Puzzles, riddles, brain teasers, conundrums, logic questions in pictures. There are sequences created according to some rules. In these puzzles, brain teasers and conundrum you need to continue the sequence by choosing one of the given answer options. To check your answer, click on the «Answer» button located below the task. After this, the correct answer and explanations will appear. Below you can select other questions on this topic. Typically each topic has 20 questions or more. At the same time, the complexity of logical problems gradually increases. First there will be easy questions, then medium, then difficult. Try to complete tasks as quickly as possible.
Question - 17
This challenging logic riddle-conundrum features nine images in the form of a group of circular areas and dots within them. Circular areas intersect. What image option can replace the question mark?
Correct answer = 3.
Here the number of intersections of circular areas and points is counted. Counting is carried out for each image. There are 3 lines in total, 3 images in each line. The first line in each image contains four intersections of dots and circular areas. The middle line has five intersections. The bottom line has six intersections. Below are some examples of counting the intersections of points and circular areas.
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