From mindcrf!peabody.mindcraft.com!ronnie@decwrl.dec.com Fri May 10 19:16:59 1991 Return-Path: Received: from uucp-gw-1.pa.dec.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA24715; Fri, 10 May 91 19:16:59 EDT Received: by uucp-gw-1.pa.dec.com; id AA29296; Fri, 10 May 91 16:16:46 -0700 Received: by mindcrf.mindcraft.com (AIX 2.1 2/4.03) id AA13108; Tue, 7 May 91 15:06:05 PDT Received: by peabody.mindcraft.com (AIX 1.3/4.03) id AA14556; Tue, 7 May 91 15:05:29 -0700 Date: Tue, 7 May 91 15:05:29 -0700 From: mindcrf!ronnie@peabody.mindcraft.com (Ronnie Kon) Message-Id: <9105072205.AA14556@peabody.mindcraft.com> To: @mindcrf.pa.dec.com:decwrl!ai.ai.mit.edu!Cube-Lovers Subject: Rubik's tangle >>> From: "Dale I. Newfield" >>> >>> Rubik's Tangle: >>> Rubik's Tngle has 25 square tiles each tile has the very same pattern >>> of ropes, but the color of the ropes varies. >>> Object: Lay down the tiles into a 5X5 square in such a way that each >>> colored rop forms it's own continuous line. >>> 24! x 4^24 = 1746 x 10^38 ( I have a feeling it should be 25!, not 24!) No, I think the 24! is correct. Since we don't count rotations as different, the first tile can be placed any way you want without affecting the outcome. Ronnie