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- From: sjbuckle@minster.york.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
- Subject: Re: 21-link chain puzzle (SPOILER)
- Message-ID: <728057117.5675@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 14:05:18 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.133519.28046@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
- Lines: 18
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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.
-