Actually it would still be impossible for the first puzzle, since I happened to specify that you only have 31 dominoes, which wouldn't be enough to cover all 62 squares unless each one covered 2 squares.
@@PuzzlesExplained Well, it is that type of thinking though keeps people from thinking outside of the box. Yes, it does help with logical problem solving, but it fails to allow for the creative solution. As a computer programmer I used to think that programming is all about the procedure and process. I have come to see that it is more about taking on problems with tools and finding the elegant, beautiful, or clever solution, which is why programming is engineering and not math. The math helps inform the process, but it is not the end result.
I don't think it keeps people from thinking out of the box at all, creativity and logical thinking are both important and I don't think every problem needs to test both (this puzzle's solution is quite creative in my opinion, though). That being said I program too, and couldn't agree more with you on your point there.
Can you create the Conway's Soldiers game? I recreated it on Scratch (lmao) but it is quite an interesting problem. The only problem with the idea is that the explanation wouldn't be something that the average viewer will be able to understand.
I'm impressed that I actually solved the second puzzle. I did something really simillar: - I counted all the squares which sums up to 60 - I dived 60 with the amount of squares that a tetromino holds (4); 60/4=15 - And then I thought that since there is the same amount of white and brown squares, that meant that there should be 2 types of Tetrominoes, and so I divided by 2; 15/2=7.5 - Since 7.5 isn't divisible by 4 that must mean that its impossible to fit all tetrominoes in the chessboard
No, every domino has to cover a light and dark square and you took away 2 light squares. There will inevitably be 2 dark squares showing. I have a feeling I'm going to be hearing that in the next 3 minutes. :-)
This channel is underrated AF. That's a great animation though!
Thanks!
actually yes it is possible. You just have to accept that some dominoes will overhang the edge of the board
lmao
Haha, that would make for a pretty boring puzzle though!
Actually it would still be impossible for the first puzzle, since I happened to specify that you only have 31 dominoes, which wouldn't be enough to cover all 62 squares unless each one covered 2 squares.
@@PuzzlesExplained Well, it is that type of thinking though keeps people from thinking outside of the box. Yes, it does help with logical problem solving, but it fails to allow for the creative solution. As a computer programmer I used to think that programming is all about the procedure and process. I have come to see that it is more about taking on problems with tools and finding the elegant, beautiful, or clever solution, which is why programming is engineering and not math. The math helps inform the process, but it is not the end result.
I don't think it keeps people from thinking out of the box at all, creativity and logical thinking are both important and I don't think every problem needs to test both (this puzzle's solution is quite creative in my opinion, though). That being said I program too, and couldn't agree more with you on your point there.
Really nice animations!
Thanks!
"Not just diagonally" is totally different than "Just not diagonally".😆
Can you create the Conway's Soldiers game? I recreated it on Scratch (lmao) but it is quite an interesting problem. The only problem with the idea is that the explanation wouldn't be something that the average viewer will be able to understand.
I'm impressed that I actually solved the second puzzle. I did something really simillar:
- I counted all the squares which sums up to 60
- I dived 60 with the amount of squares that a tetromino holds (4); 60/4=15
- And then I thought that since there is the same amount of white and brown squares, that meant that there should be 2 types of Tetrominoes, and so I divided by 2; 15/2=7.5
- Since 7.5 isn't divisible by 4 that must mean that its impossible to fit all tetrominoes in the chessboard
Nice job, this is how I originally solved the puzzle as well.
No, every domino has to cover a light and dark square and you took away 2 light squares. There will inevitably be 2 dark squares showing. I have a feeling I'm going to be hearing that in the next 3 minutes. :-)