The puzzle
“Noughts and Crosses” was published in a book intended to train the reader towards his application for Mensa membership.
Basically three upper rows of a 4x4 matrix were given (see below) and
the solver was requested to
“fill the bottom line of the matrix with a combination of noughts and crosses that logically completes the matrix” (exact quote):
X O O X
O X X X
X O X X
? ? ? ?
I have found several logical answers in addition to the single “official” answer provided in the book.
I request you solvers to follow suit and to justify all your choices.
Source: will be provided later.
and my guess must have been the official solution, is all O's, as the game must finish with as many O's as X's.
Or perhaps with 3 O's and one blank, before the last move has been made; just don't have the blank at the bottom-right, as otherwise X would have taken that spot to win.
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Posted by Charlie
on 2015-11-09 12:38:10 |