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GlyphGryph

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A simple number puzzle.
« on: December 11, 2012, 01:36:45 am »

There is only one solution to this puzzle - there is no guessing involved in figuring out the final answer. To that end, I'm going to ask that you justify, logically, your choice. The puzzle is simple - A grid, with numbers, and filled/empty squares. The numbers represent the number of red squares adjacent to the number (with the square the number appears on and diagonal squares counting as adjacent).

You will notice that many of the squares are already filled.

There are also blue red boxes that concel two of the spaces in the puzzle. You can not fill squares under these boxes, but trust me that one of them is red already, and will be revealed after submissions have been had to confirm whether or not you were right, and the other is empty.
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« Last Edit: December 11, 2012, 01:44:32 am by GlyphGryph »
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zombie urist

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Re: A simple number puzzle.
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2012, 02:18:39 am »

Is this whats supposed to happen? Im confused.

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GlyphGryph

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Re: A simple number puzzle.
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2012, 02:22:38 am »

There is already a red square under one of the blue ones. So that one down bottom is already met either way.
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Criptfeind

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Re: A simple number puzzle.
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2012, 02:43:26 am »

Only one answer though? But certainly

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Would work. And so would

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(Or one of the two variations of said theme with the red next to or under the one instead of inside.)

Of course you are unlikely to be wrong so I am guessing there is a 'trick' here that I can't parse out of your instructions. Or I am being dumb.

(Edit: Unless of course the 'trick' is that the last three answers I put forward are incorrect because there must be only one answer and thus are disqualified for having more then one answer on the path of thought. Which is what I thought at first, but then discarded because it was stupid. If that is in fact the answer I am quite disappointed.)
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Grek

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Re: A simple number puzzle.
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2012, 02:55:40 am »

Error: Postulate is ill-defined. Additionally, a 307 no axioms given error was found when attempting to process this request.

(You haven't specified what the allowed actions are or how we're supposed to count them so that the 1 in the upper left is adjacent to a red square.)
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Criptfeind

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Re: A simple number puzzle.
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2012, 02:58:08 am »

You add red squares.
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weenog

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Re: A simple number puzzle.
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2012, 01:23:05 pm »

This is a long way to go for help finishing a game of minesweeper.
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Criptfeind

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Re: A simple number puzzle.
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2012, 03:12:37 pm »

I dunno, the rules don't fit minesweeper and the board is not big enough.
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