Comments on: Diagonal Number Link! http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/2009/08/diagonal-number-link/ Puzzle and brain-training author Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:39:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gareth Moore http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/2009/08/diagonal-number-link/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Gareth Moore Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:34:54 +0000 http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/?p=587#comment-337 All lines move from one cell to a touching one, including diagonally touching cells, with only one line per cell. That's the only constraint. In other words, you can draw the lines wherever you like <i>within</i> the cells, so long as only one line is in any single cell. (So to be specific, they don't have to go corner to corner; if you were drawing a solution it would probably go from the centre of one cell to the centre of another, just for neatness). Here's the solution to the first puzzle: 1334 3143 1423 2232 If you draw between all the cell mid-points with the same numbers you'll get neat lines. Hope this helps! :) All lines move from one cell to a touching one, including diagonally touching cells, with only one line per cell. That’s the only constraint.

In other words, you can draw the lines wherever you like within the cells, so long as only one line is in any single cell. (So to be specific, they don’t have to go corner to corner; if you were drawing a solution it would probably go from the centre of one cell to the centre of another, just for neatness).

Here’s the solution to the first puzzle:

1334
3143
1423
2232

If you draw between all the cell mid-points with the same numbers you’ll get neat lines.

Hope this helps! :)

]]> By: Christine http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/2009/08/diagonal-number-link/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Christine Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:36:58 +0000 http://www.garethmoore.co.uk/?p=587#comment-335 Would it be possible to post the solution to the so called easy one?! Maybe I am missing the point here, but I am getting muddled up with my straight and diagonal lines, That is to say when I am doing a straight line it goes through the middle of a cell, and when doing a diagonal one from corner to corner. So the confusion arises when I start off with a straight line (e.g. from the 2 in the bottom left hand corner and then need to move diagonally, Does the diagonal line start from the middle of the cell. I don't know whether I'm being particularly thick on this one, but a visual solution would help to see where lines cross. Thanks! I do appreciate the new types of puzzles to try! Would it be possible to post the solution to the so called easy one?! Maybe I am missing the point here, but I am getting muddled up with my straight and diagonal lines, That is to say when I am doing a straight line it goes through the middle of a cell, and when doing a diagonal one from corner to corner. So the confusion arises when I start off with a straight line (e.g. from the 2 in the bottom left hand corner and then need to move diagonally, Does the diagonal line start from the middle of the cell. I don’t know whether I’m being particularly thick on this one, but a visual solution would help to see where lines cross. Thanks! I do appreciate the new types of puzzles to try!

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