October 2007
Problem of the Month
Pumpkin Maze
from Games Magazine
Travel along the colored paths from Start to Goal. At each pumpkin, change to a path
of a different color from the color you were just on -- any different color. U-turns are prohibited.
Please send in your answer in the following format:
Start
F
:
:
M
Goal
Solution to the Problem:
After Start, visit the lettered pumpkins in this order:
F - E - D - C - B - A - J - I - H - Q - R - K - L - R.
The last letters take you around a loop, and could have been visited in the order L - K - R.
Now retrace your path in the opposite direction:
Q - H - I - J - A - B - C - D - E - F.
At this point, continue O - N - M - Goal.
Correctly solved by:
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1. John Funk
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Ventura, California
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| 2. Tristan Collins
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
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| 3. Garie Tripp and Russel
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Mountain View High School
Mountain View, Wyoming
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| 4. Randall Obrien
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Mountain View High School
Mountain View, Wyoming
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| 5. Scott Woody
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Mountain View High School
Mountain View, Wyoming
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| 6. Wynston Anglen
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Mountain View High School
Mountain View, Wyoming
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| 7. Courtney Peterson
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Mountain View High School
Mountain View, Wyoming
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