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Reproduce this drawing (Posted on 2005-11-25)

What is the minimum number of strokes to reproduce the drawing below without lifting up the pencil from the paper (no tricks at all), and without passing over a line segment (or part of it) already drawn? You may begin and end wherever you like, and line segments may cross each other, but only as intersections.

Note: a new stroke occurs when a line type ceased because you have to stop and change direction.

Submitted by pcbouhid

Rating: 3.5000 (2 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Though the note to define what is a "stroke", at least in this puzzle, most of the users were more concern in question what is a "stroke" than to achieve an answer. Those who answered 14 strokes (not counting the first traced line) or 15 strokes (counting the first traced line as a stroke), could consider to have solved the puzzle.

One solution with "14" strokes accordingly to the note (or "15", if you count the first line) is:

Start at L, and trace these lines:

L----C--(1)--B--(2)--N--(3)--J--(4)--G--(5)--L--(6)--K--(7 - whole circle - back to K)--(8)---A--(9)--O--(10)--M--(11)--D--(12)--F--(13)--M--(14)--L.

There are many others symetric ways.

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-08-17 23:08:36
re: Improved solution	pcbouhid	2005-11-26 06:12:09
re(3): Improved solution...is bogus	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-25 21:45:06
re(2): Improved solution...is bogus	Tristan	2005-11-25 21:31:52
re: Improved solution...is bogus	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-25 21:01:45
Improved solution	Tristan	2005-11-25 20:51:11
re(15): No Subject \| spoiler \|	Percy	2005-11-25 16:33:24
Solution in 23	NicholasKildare	2005-11-25 16:09:43
re(14): No Subject \| spoiler \|	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-25 14:45:28
re(14): No Subject \| spoiler \|	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-25 14:31:55
re(13): No Subject \| spoiler \|	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 14:10:48
re(12): No Subject \| spoiler \|	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-25 13:53:59
re(11): No Subject \| spoiler \|	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 13:37:03
re(10): No Subject \| spoiler \|	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-25 13:27:36
re: No Subject	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-25 13:12:36
re(9): No Subject	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 12:35:27
re(8): No Subject	Charlie	2005-11-25 12:10:13
re(3): No Subject = Solution	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 11:27:55
re(2): No Subject = Solution	Percy	2005-11-25 11:24:34
re(7): No Subject	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 11:13:46
re: No Subject = Solution	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 11:11:44
re(6): No Subject	Charlie	2005-11-25 10:53:14
No Subject = Solution	Percy	2005-11-25 10:12:28
re(8): No Subject	Percy	2005-11-25 10:00:59
re(7): No Subject	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 09:58:03
re(6): No Subject	Percy	2005-11-25 09:57:17
re(5): No Subject	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 09:53:22
re(4): No Subject	Percy	2005-11-25 09:49:36
re(3): No Subject	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 09:44:23
re(2): No Subject	Percy	2005-11-25 09:36:21
re: No Subject	pcbouhid	2005-11-25 09:19:33
Number of routes	Percy	2005-11-25 09:05:05
Solution in 27	goFish	2005-11-25 07:45:08
No Subject	Percy	2005-11-25 07:37:53

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