Mensa Finland IQ Test Puzzle 34 - big and small squares on a line

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I need help solving this Ravens matrix

Today I was going through the Mensa Finland IQ test and I came across this puzzle:

After finishing the test the first time i came back to the question and struggled to find a logical way to solve it. 30 minutes later i decided to test which answer was correct. I figured that knowing the answer would lead me to having an easy way to find the pattern but i still couldn't find it.

I'm very curious if anyone at all can find the logical pattern in this puzzle or if there is even a logical pattern to find in this puzzle.

I have a strong suspicion that it's actually a puzzle without an answer and the answer is just randomly picked from time period to time period.

Spoilers if you don't want to know the "answer":

Does Mensa include puzzles which are insolvable in their tests so people will waste their time on them and get a lower overall IQ or am I just mistaken?

tom · Answer

Do you want to understand why 5 is the answer? I am sure you figured it out, but just to be clear

Why the correct answer is not available in the test you took I don't know, but I expect it is just simply an error in the MENSA question. I would not 'overthink it' - to me the simplest explanation is that there is a mistake.

Mensa Finland IQ Test Puzzle 34 - big and small squares on a line

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