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DISCLAIMER: I am not sure if this is possible

Alright SRL here's a puzzle that I am stumped on… Lets see whom (if any can get it).

Now here's the how the game works:

• There are six boxes (See figure 1).
• Three of said boxes have "x"'s in them (see figure 2).
• The placement of the X's are up to you! (The don't have to be like figure 2 just an example)
• Each box with an x has to have a line touching each box without an x
• Lines cannot cross
• Don't get to frustrated :p
• And pics or didn't happen =D
• Good luck!

Figure 1:


Figure 2:


Example of fail:


(Hope I explained this well enough, if you have any questions ask)

It is possible, ive done it before.

From: Frement
It is possible, ive done it before.

Pics of gtfo haha. Yeah someone at school came up to me with it and I've tried it MULTIPLE times and I can't get it :duh: But they said it was possible.

Yeah, im thinking atm how it was done -.- (If i remember correctly and it was solvable :D)

From: Frement
Yeah, im thinking atm how it was done -.- (If i remember correctly and it was solvable :D)

Use that long term memory of yours! :)

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Lolol SRL is ftw!

Ok, i think its unsolvable…tried like all the combinations :D

HINT: Think outside of the box.

I can't do it… :(
It's really hard! Always one line that messes it all up! :mad:

DONE IT!!


EDIT*
ROFL woops haha im an idiot

From: BobboHobbo
DONE IT!!


EDIT*
ROFL woops haha im an idiot

x] GG. ^^ You made my day, honestly. :p

From: BobboHobbo
DONE IT!!


EDIT*
ROFL woops haha im an idiot

Wahhaahhaaha..

After further analyze and testing:
CONCLUSION: IMPOSSIBLE

When theres something unsolvable, call BobboHobbo :D

Thats actually pretty clever, i would have never thought of that ;)

Take Bobos, but simply have the red line touch the other box…

From: R0b0t1
Take Bobos, but simply have the red line touch the other box…

then the blue ones are wrong still too.

Some random guessing because i didn't understand the question.

Done. Note that the lines cannot cross each other, but it never said they couldn't cross another box.

From: senrath

Done. Note that the lines cannot cross each other, but it never said they couldn't cross another box.

I think thats cheating :p But well done

This problem is impossible. At least, it's impossible to connect the houses to the utilities on a flat sheet of paper. In fact, it's impossible in the Euclidean plane (a flat sheet stretched to infinity) and on most other two-dimensional surfaces. Some people have a trick to get around the problem: they send a gas, water, or electric line through one of the houses. Of course, real utility companies don't need tricks. The real world is three-dimensional, so power lines can go over or under each other.

Ironically enough, my math teacher gave this on the final and it was 5 points EC if you could solve it, I explained to her it couldn't be solved and why, and she gave me 10 points EC.

Bit hard to see, but the 3 green lines run along the same starting point. This is the most creative way I came up with trying to solve it and it still didn't work :)

From: mixster
Bit hard to see, but the 3 green lines run along the same starting point. This is the most creative way I came up with trying to solve it and it still didn't work :)

You're missing a blue line.

Note the "still didn't solve it" at the end of my post silly Rubix - I posted it purely for giving headaches trying to follow the lines.

From: Function
I think thats cheating :p But well done

As Rubix pointed out, this is the only way to do it while restricted to 2 dimensions. It's easily solvable with 3 dimensions, though.