Dig... Dug
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Another question from The Mammoth Book of IQ Puzzles...
Archaeological Dig
Two teams of archaeologists have divided a site into eighty-one squares. The middle square has a sarcophagus in it and they are not allowed to enter that square. The teams must search the area to find artefacts, and examine every square except the one with the sarcophagus in it. Each team can visit each square only once. The first team moves from A to B (see visual below) and the second team moves from B to A. What path would both teams take so that each one searches the same number of squares? Visual Difficulty: 4 out of 5.
Disambiguation
Since the rules given in the book are somewhat ambiguous, here are some extra rules so you know what is not allowed. Neither team can visit a square that the other team has visited, except for the start squares (A and B). You can't move diagonally. You can't move outside of the area with the squares. There are multiple possible solutions. Good luck! Answer: Image
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Another question from The Mammoth Book of IQ Puzzles...
Archaeological Dig
Two teams of archaeologists have divided a site into eighty-one squares. The middle square has a sarcophagus in it and they are not allowed to enter that square. The teams must search the area to find artefacts, and examine every square except the one with the sarcophagus in it. Each team can visit each square only once. The first team moves from A to B (see visual below) and the second team moves from B to A. What path would both teams take so that each one searches the same number of squares? Visual Difficulty: 4 out of 5.
Disambiguation
Since the rules given in the book are somewhat ambiguous, here are some extra rules so you know what is not allowed. Neither team can visit a square that the other team has visited, except for the start squares (A and B). You can't move diagonally. You can't move outside of the area with the squares. There are multiple possible solutions. Good luck! Answer: Image
Oxfords English < Official CCC Players Dictionary Excuse me for my improper grammar and typos. It's because English is my primary language, not my first language. My first languages are C# and Java. VB, ASP, JS, PHP and SQL are my second language. Indonesian came as my third language. My fourth language? I'm still creating it, I'll let you know when it's done! :-D
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Oxfords English < Official CCC Players Dictionary Excuse me for my improper grammar and typos. It's because English is my primary language, not my first language. My first languages are C# and Java. VB, ASP, JS, PHP and SQL are my second language. Indonesian came as my third language. My fourth language? I'm still creating it, I'll let you know when it's done! :-D
Points for speed! Took me almost a whole episode of Torchwood to solve it. And points for an original solution (different than mine and the book's). Well done. :thumbsup:
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Another question from The Mammoth Book of IQ Puzzles...
Archaeological Dig
Two teams of archaeologists have divided a site into eighty-one squares. The middle square has a sarcophagus in it and they are not allowed to enter that square. The teams must search the area to find artefacts, and examine every square except the one with the sarcophagus in it. Each team can visit each square only once. The first team moves from A to B (see visual below) and the second team moves from B to A. What path would both teams take so that each one searches the same number of squares? Visual Difficulty: 4 out of 5.
Disambiguation
Since the rules given in the book are somewhat ambiguous, here are some extra rules so you know what is not allowed. Neither team can visit a square that the other team has visited, except for the start squares (A and B). You can't move diagonally. You can't move outside of the area with the squares. There are multiple possible solutions. Good luck! Answer: Image
Still seems rather ambiguous. Are they cooperating, making a global plan, then execute it? Or are they opponents, moving one cell at a time and at the same speed. If so they could try and block each other... :)
Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Fed up by FireFox memory leaks I switched to Opera and now CP doesn't perform its paste magic, so links will not be offered. Sorry.
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Still seems rather ambiguous. Are they cooperating, making a global plan, then execute it? Or are they opponents, moving one cell at a time and at the same speed. If so they could try and block each other... :)
Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Fed up by FireFox memory leaks I switched to Opera and now CP doesn't perform its paste magic, so links will not be offered. Sorry.
And surely, archaeologists will take more or less time to complete a cell, depending on what they find. And (judging by the ones I've met) half of them will be permanently ensconced within the local pub, and unlikely to leave until the beer runs out.
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