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For all of you mathematicians out there i already know that it is impossible.

 

If anyone can figure this out i will be genuinely amazed.

 

connect the dots of this series of dots on a piece of paper without lifting your utensil or going back over a line. Also the lines between the dots must be directly from one to another

 

the dots are like this: one on top, one below it, and two below that in a trianglular shape

 

 

Best of luck,

One of the Few

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Well, I think I figured that after I posted: I think the idea was that for each pair of dots there is a direct connection line/path. In that case to draw it every dot except the starting and the end dot would need an even number of connections (one by which you approach the dot and one that you leave it with). That conflicts the demand that every dot has three connections. I think the problem was mentioned in "Fermat's Last Theorem"; at least I am fairly sure I read it in a non-math book somewhere.

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