Genady Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 You are given four pieces of chain shown on the left, and you want to make a circular chain shown on the right. What is a minimum number of links you need to cut to do the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghideon Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 5:29 PM, Genady said: You are given four pieces of chain shown on the left, and you want to make a circular chain shown on the right. What is a minimum number of links you need to cut to do the job? Spoiler 3? Cut each link in one of the segments resulting in three open links an three segments. Use the three open links to join the three segments into a loop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genady Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ghideon said: Hide contents 3? Cut each link in one of the segments resulting in three open links an three segments. Use the three open links to join the three segments into a loop. This is correct. +1 I don't know a way with fewer cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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