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#176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 20/11/2008 16:18:01

arkasha
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Please use this thread for discussion about this card.

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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 19/12/2008 14:58:18

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I've not seen a puzzle like this before. In my eagerness to solve it i've locked myself out and then realised which ones i've missed!

Really enjoyed this one.
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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 21/12/2008 13:05:51

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Well, i thought i'd cracked it. Apparently not!

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Looking at the puzzle logically i can see 5 different types of square. The 'normal' ones, of which i can count 63 (also stated in the question).

Then the diamond ones. I get 2 large, 10 medium and 24 small. 36 total.

Then the harder to see trio. I call the first set the 2x1's. I can see 4 on the top line, and 8 each on the 3 lines beneath that, 28 total.

The 3x1's. I've got 2 on the top line, and 6 each on the 2 lines beneath that. 14 total.

Finally, the 4x1's. Only 4 of these.

Unless my maths is failing me, i make that a grand total of 145. This is wrong.

So am i missing a whole group of squares, or am i missing some individual squares which fit in one of the above brackets?



Help please!
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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 21/12/2008 18:25:01

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kie_yeo wrote:

Help please!

Ok, a little hint of something you might have missed

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2x3


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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 21/12/2008 22:51:47

kie_yeo
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Thanks again trk

Really quite amazed at the depth (it's only squares!) of this puzzle.
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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 08/01/2009 23:28:34

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I know that I am being dense - but, will somebody please help me a teensy bit...

Having repeatedly entered the wrong answer for this card,

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I thought that a square was square



i'm obviously missing how

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a 2 x 3 or a 3 X 4, etc. is a square



I'm sure it has something to do with the

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"at any angle"

aspect, but I'm stumped...

Thanks in advance!!!

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#176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 08/01/2009 23:40:07

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i think they are referring to gradients, not dimensions. As in a square which has a side which spans 3 horizontally and 1 vertically, or there might be some that span 2 horizontally and 3 vertically etc.

Basically you have to find the hidden ones, with sides that arent parallel to the horizontal/vertical directions



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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 09/01/2009 05:56:02

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thank you!

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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 23/09/2009 20:29:51

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We're lost on this one.

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What does 3x1 or 3x2 mean? Should a square not be 3x3? I dont see how this add's up!

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Re: #176 - Oni (purple Tetris) 23/09/2009 21:51:47

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1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 0
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^ & * ( )



Imagine the square has vertices at 2, ^, 5, (. That's what i call a 3x1, i.e 3x3 but 1 step out. There's probably a technical term for it, but i don't know it so made up my own jargon

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