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Solution:
+ Show Spoiler +None: each domino must cover one white square and one black one, but the modified board has 32 black squares and only 30 white ones, so no arrangement works.
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On August 05 2011 07:09 aphorism wrote:Solution: + Show Spoiler +None: each domino must cover one white square and one black one, but the modified board has 32 black squares and only 30 white ones, so no arrangement works.
+ Show Spoiler +I tried it like 3-4 times and failed. =P If it is indeed unsolvable as you say, then I hate you, OP.
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On August 05 2011 07:09 aphorism wrote:Solution: + Show Spoiler +None: each domino must cover one white square and one black one, but the modified board has 32 black squares and only 30 white ones, so no arrangement works.
+ Show Spoiler +This is correct; I remember this as being the proper explanation for these types of problems.
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Elegent. What a beautiful solution.
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I thought this was going to be an actual chopped up chessboard with dominoes replacing the missing squares... But nope, not that.
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Pretty well known problem. Indeed the solution is very elegant.
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Now, a second question - what arrangement of L-shaped triominoes can cover every square????
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Nailed the solution. Nice.
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On August 05 2011 07:05 EsX_Raptor wrote:We have a chessboard with the two opposing corners removed, and we have a set of dominoes shaped such that each domino covers exactly two squares: Which arrangement of dominoes can cover the entire chessboard? + Show Spoiler [Solution] +aphorism is right. Damn you, Teamliquid! I was expecting a solution at least by the third response or so! Lol... This place is full of nerds, geeks, other smart dudes, chess lovers, puzzle solving lovers, etc. And you expected for this to work? :3
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