An optical illusion… how many circles are shown below? Take a guess and we’ll tell you if you’re correct!
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Did you guess 6? Close, but not quite! Count again!
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7? Getting warmer!
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There are 8 circles in the image, which can be checked by choosing one curve of the circles and counting how many there are. For example, if you chose the left side bend, count the identically shaped bends to find out how many circles there are.
