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logic problem
Posted: 11/4/2003, 9:32 pm
by starseed_10
Some of you may have seen this. the goal is to draw a continuous line going through every gate one time only. you cannot miss a gate. you cannot go through a gate more than once...
if anybody knows how to solve this correctly, or if it's even possible, it is imparative that you reply. I was first shown this about 4-5 years ago and cannot get it for the life of me. i would assume it isnt possible, but supposedly a few people did it correctly back when a grade school teacher showed us.
help me!!!!
Posted: 11/4/2003, 11:10 pm
by Johnny
GOD NO!! NOT THIS!!!!!!
Posted: 11/5/2003, 1:38 am
by nikki4982
Alrighty, it was driving me crazy, cos I couldn't get it, either... so I cheated... and I'm really glad I did, cos it's impossible:
Puzzle:
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/Puzzles/puzzle049.htm
Answer:
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/Puzzles/answer049.htm
So there ya go.
Posted: 11/5/2003, 8:57 am
by buzhwa
Yeah, the problem is that room with 5 doors - there's no way you can enter/exit it and still get through all the other openings.
Posted: 11/5/2003, 10:40 am
by Johnny
Posted: 11/5/2003, 8:02 pm
by Odio La Cabra
uhhhhh.......
Posted: 11/5/2003, 8:04 pm
by Random Name
so lets invent a way!!! ah ha ha ha ha.
Posted: 11/5/2003, 8:09 pm
by Axtech
HA! I win.
Posted: 11/5/2003, 8:14 pm
by Random Name
Well that's it. Your a hyper-genius
Posted: 11/5/2003, 9:01 pm
by Axtech
And I never passed through that gate more than once. I passed through two half times. That's one time, folks.
Posted: 11/5/2003, 9:47 pm
by starseed_10
damn you rob. you had me going there...
and Nikki... i love you. you have no idea how pissed off i was getting at this thing.
I had it hypothesized that since you cant go through a room with five doors without leaving an open end inside the room, there's no way you can solve it.
(there are three rooms with five doors, thus you would need three open ends of the line)
...so yeah, you just clinched it for me. thanks so much
Posted: 11/6/2003, 3:03 am
by nikki4982
No problemo!
And, Rob, you cheater!
Posted: 11/6/2003, 7:59 pm
by buzhwa
Rob is a cheater cheater pumpkin-eater.
Posted: 11/6/2003, 9:37 pm
by thirdhour
AHHH, that thing was bugging me so much. I was trying to do it for 3 hours, and everytime I thought I had it, I would start getting all excited, then I would realize that I missed one or went through one twice
Posted: 11/8/2003, 2:00 am
by robcore
That made me feel like a failure.
Now i'm okay.
