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Playground Maze (Posted on 2009-08-13) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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In this maze the exits/entrances are the triple coloured bars, green, yellow and magenta. Your path is defined by the sequence of those colours; ie, if you start at the top you may only enter a cell in the order of the cyclic sequence of G-Y-M (or the reverse order if you begin from below).

The object is to complete this maze, visiting each cell at least once. While there is more than one route, the shortest routes are 31 and 34 letters. What are those routes?

Note: This has been modelled on the contribution of Chris Lusby Taylor at http://www.mathpuzzle.com/ , 26 Jul 2009.

  Submitted by brianjn    
Rating: 2.0000 (1 votes)
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My short list [for more see the list to which the link below points].
From the top:
B E F G    K P L G    C F B A    D E I H
D I M N O K J N Q R S P O N R [31] B C G F B A D E F G K L P O J E D I H D I M N O K J N Q R S P O N R [34]
Looking at Charlie's comment I was wondering why his program, having found a 31 step solution that I hadn't, found a 34 step solution but not the one which I have recorded above.

I looking closely at the longer list which he has supplied, that solution is actually the second in that list.

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  Subject Author Date
Thank youCharlotte2021-11-26 05:36:12
Intentionsbrianjn2009-08-14 23:02:24
aMAZing!ed bottemiller2009-08-14 10:43:38
re: Ignore entry?Charlie2009-08-13 21:14:39
Ignore entry?ed bottemiller2009-08-13 19:39:28
Solutioncomputer solutionCharlie2009-08-13 18:45:26
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