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Article #2578Re: 21-link chain puzzle (SPOILER)
From: sjbuckle
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:05
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:05
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Darcy Boese (dboese@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA) wrote: >sjbuckle@minster.york.ac.uk writes: >: Darcy Boese (dboese@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA) wrote: >: >The other solution is this: >: > >: >1 1 3 5 11 >: > >: >(yours was 1 1 3 6 10) >: >: Surely there's also: 1 2 4 6 8. >: Use 1,2,4,8 to make all numbers up to 15. >: Then repeat how you made up 10-15 and throw in the 6 as well, to get 16-21. > >Actually yours is only the solution for part of the puzzle. For the rest of >the solution, you would need to make fewer breaks in the chain to create >the pieces. Sorry I've forgotten what the second part of the puzzle was.
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