The objective of this puzzle was to count
how many triangles are visible within the pentagon pattern. The strategies that
I employed in the solving of this puzzle were finding, pattern seeking, and
visual memorization. I took started off by counting the amount of obvious
triangles that are displayed in the puzzle. I then started looking for
triangles along the outside of the pentagon. I soon noticed that there was a
pattern with the triangles and the amount of sides on the pentagon. I noticed
that the shape contained 5 triangles of each size triangle.
The strategies that my friend used to
solve this puzzle were finding, and visual memorization. First he counted all
of the most obvious triangles. After that, he started with finding other triangles
with smaller ones first, moving up to the larger ones. As he took note of each
triangle, he visually memorized which ones he had already counted.
The first part of this puzzle required
the user to figure out how many squares were visible in the puzzle. My friend
used finding, pattern seeking, pattern completion, and filling in to solve this
puzzle. First he found the most obvious squares, which were the ones that are
verticle and horizontal. Next he noticed squares were also present using diagonal
corners. He drew lines to complete the square patterns. He found 17 squares. 21
were present.
The next objective was to fill in 6 of
the green dots in a way that would eliminate the ability to form any squares.
He did this by filling in circles on each row or column, eliminating smaller
squares first and then making sure that it also eliminated the formation of
larger squares.
I used the same strategies in this puzzle
as my friend. I found the squares and completed the patterns by drawing lines.
I was able to find 19 squares.
For the second part of this puzzle, I
accidentally filled 8 dots, which was two more than I was allowed to use to
solve it.
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