Puzzle Marathon starts on LMI next Friday. I created a puzzle for the competition and now I publish a practise puzzle for those who doesn't know this type really well, yet. And those who loves this puzzle type. :-)
Rules for Fifty-fifty
Answer key: Starting with A, for each letter, enter 1 if the triangle is painted, 0 otherwise. (This is same with the answer format of the competition.)
Answer:
1101001111
Do you have any advice for this type? the entire time, I could only find three different types of steps I could take:
ReplyDelete1. This one has three blacks, so I can circle the other three
2. This one has three whites, so I can shade the other three
3. There must be three blacks out of these four, and there can only be one in these two spaces, so I can shade the other two.
Basically, I couldn't find many types of logic steps to use. What, if anything, am i missing?
Hi Zachary,
ReplyDeleteYour 3rd solving tip is right, but don't forget that in this case you can mark 2 empty cells in the connected hexa.
Here is a picture about the 4th solving tip.
http://kepfeltoltes.hu/view/130224/1189684526fifty_solvingtip_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.png
I hope it helps. There is at least one more place in the grid where you can use this trick.
These 4 tricks and some thinking will be enough to solve this puzzle. :)