[net.puzzle] Looks simple puzzle

john@hp-pcd.UUCP (John Eaton) (11/30/83)

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hp-pcd!john    Nov 29 12:36:00 1983

The "trick" to solving this puzzle involves how you define a line that crosses
a point that is on more than one segment. Look at the intersection of the
middle horizontal line with the middle vertical line. It is a point that is
actually contained on three seperate line segments. If you define crossing that
point as hitting those three segments then you can solve the puzzle. What it
basicly does is convert two of the boxes with an odd number of sides into ones
with an even number and this removes the odd/even paradox that made it 
unsolvable.


John Eaton

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