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Laser Reconstruction: 6 targets, 5 mirrors (Posted on 2007-12-14) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Two lasers enter a limitless space in which there are 6 targets.
One laser enters vertically downward while the other is initially horizontal from the right.

You have 5 mirrors, each of which can deflect a beam at either 45° or 135°.

Each laser beam passes through all targets only once.
Each segment of one laser beam passes exactly through 1, 2 and 3 targets
while those of the other never pass through more than two.

You may care to challenge yourself by fitting all targets into a 4 x 4 grid.
As a further challenge fit the 6 targets into a 4 x 4 grid, use the same rules but use only 4 mirrors.

Note: 1. Brian Smith's Laser Puzzle was the inspiration for this.
2. I acknowledge Brian Smith's thoughts re the use of a 4 mirror version.

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Solution a 4-mirror solution | Comment 1 of 6

A four mirror solution:

.  .  v  .  |  .
      |     |
      |     |
/-----o-----+--<
 \    |     |
  \   |     |
---o--+-----o--\
    \ |     | /
     \|     |/
.  .  o  .  o  .
      |\   /|
      | \ / |
.  .  |  o  |  .
      | / \ |
      |/   \|
.  .  \  .  /  .

Edited on December 16, 2007, 8:13 am
  Posted by Dej Mar on 2007-12-15 09:39:53

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