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deu
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Country : Japan | deu posted @ 2013-11-25 3:43 PM mathcrazy - 2013-11-25 3:04 PM
Hi, I have a doubt with respect to the puzzle "Arrow Connection". One of the rules mention "A direction is given if and only if it is used". What does this imply? Why are directions not shown in all boxes wherever the loop traverses?
This rule applies only to clued cells. So, for each cell in the grid, either "all possible directions are given" or "no information is given" must be true. I hope this is clear. |
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mathcrazy
Posts: 35
Country : India | deu - 2013-11-25 3:43 PM
mathcrazy - 2013-11-25 3:04 PM
Hi, I have a doubt with respect to the puzzle "Arrow Connection". One of the rules mention "A direction is given if and only if it is used". What does this imply? Why are directions not shown in all boxes wherever the loop traverses?
This rule applies only to clued cells. So, for each cell in the grid, either "all possible directions are given" or "no information is given" must be true. I hope this is clear.
Yes, that cleared my doubt.  |
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tamz29
Posts: 225
Country : Thailand | tamz29 posted @ 2013-11-25 6:41 PM Number Connection: do all cells have to be used? |
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deu
Posts: 69
Country : Japan | deu posted @ 2013-11-25 6:51 PM tamz29 - 2013-11-25 6:41 PM
Number Connection: do all cells have to be used?
Not necessarily. There may be some unused cells. |
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Para
Posts: 315
Country : The Netherlands | Para posted @ 2013-11-25 7:46 PM In Arrow Connection if an arrow appears twice around a cell, is an arrow given twice or once. I know it's not possible in the example as the start and goal are in the corners, but with different start and goal points, this could happen. For example, when you draw a spiral. |
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deu
Posts: 69
Country : Japan | deu posted @ 2013-11-25 9:01 PM Para - 2013-11-25 7:46 PM
In Arrow Connection if an arrow appears twice around a cell, is an arrow given twice or once. I know it's not possible in the example as the start and goal are in the corners, but with different start and goal points, this could happen. For example, when you draw a spiral.
Good question. An arrow is given only once even in such cases. |
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tnv
Posts: 22
Country : India | tnv posted @ 2013-11-27 10:16 PM Waiting for practice puzzles.
--TNV |
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A practice puzzles PDF has now been posted on the submission site ( Link). Please note that some of the puzzles may be of a harder difficulty than their counterparts appearing in the test.
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rob
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Country : Germany | rob posted @ 2013-11-28 11:20 PM Thanks, that's quite a nice service! Really looking forward to the test now. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | In Divided sum cross it says " no digit repeat within a single group divided by black cells".
so if clue is 7:_ _ _ _ _ :17 (5 cells blank in between). so is all 5 cells considered one group or is considered as two groups ?
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deu
Posts: 69
Country : Japan | deu posted @ 2013-11-29 8:42 AM swaroop2011 - 2013-11-29 7:07 AM
In Divided sum cross it says " no digit repeat within a single group divided by black cells".
so if clue is 7:_ _ _ _ _ :17 (5 cells blank in between). so is all 5 cells considered one group or is considered as two groups ?
All 5 cells are considered as one group. So, solutions like 7:1 6 | 4 7 6 :17 (two 6's in one group ) are not allowed. |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | deu - 2013-11-29 8:42 AM
swaroop2011 - 2013-11-29 7:07 AM
In Divided sum cross it says " no digit repeat within a single group divided by black cells".
so if clue is 7:_ _ _ _ _ :17 (5 cells blank in between). so is all 5 cells considered one group or is considered as two groups ?
All 5 cells are considered as one group. So, solutions like 7:1 6 | 4 7 6 :17 (two 6's in one group ) are not allowed.
ok thanks : ) |
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | Practice puzzles are awesome! Gave us clear idea about how to think about these puzzles.
Looking forward to the test :) |
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Country : India | AnnouncementsUpdated versions of IB (with points table) uploaded
Password protected PB uploaded. It has 12 pages, each page has 2 puzzles
Bonus = 8 points per minute saved, if all answers are submitted and there is at most 1 small mistake.
Remember to enter unit digit only in case of two digit numbers. The submission page will check only for unit digit.
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ladyleatherneck
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Country : United States | I don't see the link for the password. What am I missing? thanks |
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Country : India | ladyleatherneck - 2013-11-30 7:44 PM
I don't see the link for the password. What am I missing? thanks You have to first login at the submission page ( http://logicmastersindia.com/2013/11P/ ). Then click on "Start Japanese Puzzle Land 2". You will see the password. From the database log, we see that you have not "started" the test yet. After you start, you will have 2 hours to solve and submit as many puzzles.
Please check the F.A.Q. which explains these steps with some images. Please post here if something is not clear. |
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ladyleatherneck
Posts: 4
Country : United States | Thanks. Looked to me like I was logged in. |
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chaotic_iak
Posts: 241
Country : Indonesia | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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auroux
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Country : France | auroux posted @ 2013-11-30 10:49 PM | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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achan1058
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Country : Canada | | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Mostly perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
Clearly I should have done the practice first. Edited by achan1058 2013-12-01 4:48 AM
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swaroop2011
Posts: 668
Country : India | A nice test !! Awesome puzzles !
Especially Minimal Blocks and Four Winds with Blanks.
Have to solve other puzzles though.
Just 30 seconds more and i was entering the answer key for Four Winds with Blanks :(
Anyways still enjoyed. Thanks to Authors and LMI. :) |
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ukonet
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Country : Turkey | ukonet posted @ 2013-12-01 4:25 PM | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Fairly balanced | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | Just right | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
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xevs
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Country : Japan | xevs posted @ 2013-12-01 7:46 PM | How balanced do you think the puzzle types of this test were? | Perfectly balanced | | | What was your opinion of the distribution of easy/hard puzzles? | Just right | | | What did you think about the puzzle quality of the test? | Very nice | | | What was your opinion about the answer key extraction? | Perfect answer keys | | | How did you feel about the length / time limit for this test? | A bit too many puzzles | | | Of the puzzles you solved/attempted, how well did the point values reflect the difficulty? | Most puzzles were worth the right amount | | | What was your opinion of the booklet formatting and printing? | Just right | |
I couldn't find elegant way to solve Yin-Yang top. (ToT )
My favorites were Number connection bottom and Four winds with blanks bottom. Edited by xevs 2013-12-01 7:51 PM
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kiwijam
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Country : New Zealand | kiwijam posted @ 2013-12-02 7:15 AM xevs - 2013-12-02 2:46 AM
I couldn't find elegant way to solve Yin-Yang top. (ToT)
Hello Ko (and others ),
Please see my diagram.
I have put all the 'easy' logic in first.
Then I see the two red rectangles have the form:
B.B
B.W
which must become:
B.B
BWW
Later, I use the same rule in the green rectangles.
I think that is enough to finish.
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