OT - Checkerboard puzzle

QuikSand · 09-04-2003, 01:31 PM

The following is a feeble attempt to represent a portion of a checkerboard – imagine that I took a jigsaw and cut out this oddly-shaped piece. (Use the Xs and Os to replace red and black squares):

Code:

  O
 OX X
 XOXOX
XOXOXO
 XOXOX
 O OXO
    O
    X

The puzzle: With one cut, break the large segment above into two smaller segments, each of the exact same shape.

Franklinnoble · 09-04-2003, 01:41 PM

Does it have to be a straight cut?

thirdandlong · 09-04-2003, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by QuikSand
(Use the Xs and Os to replace red and black squares):
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Which one is which?

cuervo72 · 09-04-2003, 01:47 PM

Maybe this will help?

QuikSand · 09-04-2003, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Franklinnoble
Does it have to be a straight cut?

No - it has to keep squares intact (no cutting them in half or anything) but it can be a jagged cut - along the same lines as what it would have taken to create the large piece in the first place.

Franklinnoble · 09-04-2003, 01:58 PM

Hmmm... still too much for my puny brain to solve. My head will explode if I ponder this further.

QuikSand · 09-04-2003, 02:45 PM

Probably better that you don't, then.

Solecismic · 09-04-2003, 06:30 PM

Let's hope this formats properly

Code:

  O
 OO O
 XOOOO
XXOXOO
 XXXXO
 X XXO
    X
    X

The line between Xs and Os is where I'd cut.

sterlingice · 09-04-2003, 08:44 PM

Argh! I was looking at it the wrong way. I just couldn't reconcile that part that is two blocks long and sticking out at the bottom- I couldn't find where to cut. Yet another great puzzle, Kickstand.

SI

QuikSand · 09-05-2003, 07:35 AM

The Solecismic solution is the one I was looking for - well done, Jim.

sterlingice · 09-05-2003, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by QuikSand
The Solecismic solution is the one I was looking for - well done, Jim.

It's Friday- have another puzzle sitting around?

SI

Franklinnoble · 09-05-2003, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Solecismic
Let's hope this formats properly

Code:

O OO O XOOOO XXOXOO XXXXO X XXO X X

The line between Xs and Os is where I'd cut.

Hey... not that I don't appreciate your genius and all, but save some of the brainpower for FOF5 or TCY2 or Front Office Curling or whatever it is you're secretly and diabolically working on at the moment.

Solecismic · 09-06-2003, 03:00 AM

And on that note, whose turn is it this week to come over, change the baby's diapers and take him for a walk in the park?

09-04-2003, 01:47 PM	#4
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Maybe this will help? __________________ null

09-04-2003, 08:44 PM	#9
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Argh! I was looking at it the wrong way. I just couldn't reconcile that part that is two blocks long and sticking out at the bottom- I couldn't find where to cut. Yet another great puzzle, Kickstand. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

09-04-2003, 01:41 PM	#2
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Does it have to be a straight cut?

09-04-2003, 01:58 PM	#6
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Hmmm... still too much for my puny brain to solve. My head will explode if I ponder this further.

09-04-2003, 02:45 PM	#7
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Probably better that you don't, then.

09-04-2003, 06:30 PM	#8
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	Let's hope this formats properly Code: O OO O XOOOO XXOXOO XXXXO X XXO X X The line between Xs and Os is where I'd cut.

09-05-2003, 07:35 AM	#10
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	The Solecismic solution is the one I was looking for - well done, Jim.

09-06-2003, 03:00 AM	#13
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	And on that note, whose turn is it this week to come over, change the baby's diapers and take him for a walk in the park?

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