King – Man + Woman = King? 7 years ago
but in analogies, a:b::c::___ (a is to b as c is to what), having d be the same as b is not allowed. Such as, I believe, on a Miller Analogies Test.
In a mathematical context, if you have something like this: 2:0::4: (two is to zero as four is to what?) then acceptable answers might be 2 (rule is: subtract 2), or maybe it could be 1 (take half, subtract one). But it couldn't be zero. (rule can't be "multiply by 0").
I could be wrong but I believe that's how it works.