Jim Collins
2003-11-03 18:59:10 |
Looking for the name of a puzzle
This puzzle looks like 5 bricks. You have to draw a continuous line through each wall. I am looking for a solution and name of the puzzle. How would I search this site for it not knowing the name?
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Gamer
2003-11-03 19:01:44 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
I would need more information to help out with the puzzle. :( |
Jim Collins
2003-11-03 19:11:17 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
Two brick on top. Three on the bottom. Line must pass thru each connecting wall. 16 walls. Can only go thru a wall one time.
9 8
---------------------------------------------
1| | |
| 14 | | 7
|----10--------11---------12---------13------
2| | | |
| |15 |16 | 6
---------------------------------------------
3 4 5 |
Jim Collins
2003-11-03 19:11:51 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
Sorry. My lines all shifted. Jim
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DJ
2003-11-03 20:56:44 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
The puzzle should look like:
9 8
---------------------------------------------
1| | |
| 14 | | 7
|----10--------11---------12---------13------
2| | | |
| |15 |16 | 6
---------------------------------------------
3 4 5
I'm pretty sure the puzzle is not on this site, as problems are generally submitted just as text, there are only a few that rely on an image.
This problem is impossible, anyway. There are three regions with five sides, and two regions with four sides (it does not matter that some of the walls are shared between regions). If you have a region with an odd number of sides, the line must begin or end in that region. Since the continuous line will have only two endpoints, it's impossible to solve this puzzle.
There is still a poor guy trying to solve it, if you look here. |
DJ
2003-11-03 20:57:58 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
My sentence that got cut off in the previous post (stupid pre tag) said, most problems are submitted as text, and there are only a few that rely on images, and I'm fairly sure that we haven't seen this problem. |
Gamer
2003-11-03 21:26:35 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
It's a pretty good problem. I think the one where you have to draw that diagram with only 3 strokes is good too. (This one is impossible too) |
Charlie
2003-11-03 22:17:03 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
The top result from a Google search on Euler puzzle rooms is this . |
Patricia
2003-11-04 11:07:45 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
huh.....??????........???....? |
Jim Collins
2003-11-04 13:42:52 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
Thanks for the help. One of my co-workers had this puzzle stuck in his mind by an elementry teacher. Drove him crazy.
Jim |
Richard Wohlers
2003-12-27 03:39:10 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
I believe there was an article in "Scientific American" many years ago that presented this problem and explained why there is no solution (as DJ did so well above). I was first exposed to this problem by my seventh grade math teacher years ago. I wasted many, many hours, as did everyone else in my class, trying to find the solution to this unsolvable puzzle. At least it kept us busy and out of trouble! |
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2023-07-29 09:51:43 |
Re: Looking for the name of a puzzle
hi |
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