10-09-2024, 06:20 PM
(10-09-2024, 04:03 PM)Altruist Wrote: nah. i mean, maybe you've found another valid pattern, but i didnt have this in mind
ill discuss my method so u can point out where i went wrong
lets call the long lines (such as the left-most line in the top left rectangle) "bars"
- moving from left to right along the row, the bar moves clockwise
- descending the column, the bar moves anticlockwise
- therefore, the solution has the bar in the 9 oclock/left position
let's call the other lines "lines"
- when the bar is 9oclock/left, the lines begin in the center of the rectangle's y axis, and point leftwards
- when the bar is 3oclock/right, the lines begin in the center of the rectangle's x axis, and point upwards
- when the bar is 6oclock/bottom, the lines are invisible
- when the bar is 12oclock/top, the lines begin in the center of the rectangle's y axis, and point rightwards
- therefore, because the solution has the bar in 9oclock/left position, the line must begin in the centre of the rectangle's y axis, and point leftwards
- in the first row, the lines begin inside the rectangle
- in the second row, the lines begin outside the rectangle
- in the first two rows, the lines are the short
- we conclude that the type of line stays consistent across rows
- the line is invisible in the middle of the 3rd row due to the 6oclock/bottom bar rule
- we extrapolate that, because the lines stay consistent across rows, the solution (bottom right) must have a line bearing a resemblance to the bottom left rectangle
- therefore, the solution has a line of the same form to the bottom left rectangle
the updated solution is as follows:
![[Image: image.png?ex=66e1b40a&is=66e0628a&hm=339...y=lossless]](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/727296236767412254/1283083404535005269/image.png?ex=66e1b40a&is=66e0628a&hm=3398018f0c00f116321cb3dcf08c04657e437acb792d03a8c61a0bebecb34e84&=&format=webp&quality=lossless)
problem is that idk why the rectangle in the middle of the matrix has a bent line. you could maybe argue that the bottommost rectangle to have a line in each column has a crooked line?
