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I found a puzzle w/o unique solution in a magazine. ??

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:22 am
by Zabby
What should I do? I found a samurai that has no unique solution, yet they are giving prizes for solving it :D

Re: I found a puzzle w/o unique solution in a magazine. ??

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:26 am
by enxio27
Zabby wrote:What should I do? I found a samurai that has no unique solution, yet they are giving prizes for solving it :D
It's happened before. As I understand it, puzzles in magazines, newspapers, etc. very often have more than one solution. Probably one of the best known cases was the Sky One puzzle on a hillside in England, for which they offered a prize of £5000. To their embarrassment :oops: , it turned out to have a total of 1905 solutions.

I guess that if you're sure of your solution, submit it to the magazine and point out that the puzzle has more than one solution.

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:37 am
by Zabby
thanks for the advice.

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:56 pm
by enxio27
Ok. Let us know how it comes out.