Find the missing number in the following diagram:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 31
Look at the left diagram first:
- Top: 169 = 13²
- Bottom left: 49 = 7²
- Bottom right: 81 = 9²
- Center: 29
Now observe the pattern:
$\text{Center} = \sqrt{\text{Top}} + \sqrt{\text{Bottom Left}} + \sqrt{\text{Bottom Right}}$
$13 + 7 + 9 = 29$
Pattern confirmed.
Now apply the same rule to the right diagram:
- Top: 36 = 6²
- Bottom left: 121 = 11²
- Bottom right: 196 = 14²
$6 + 11 + 14 = 31$