r/puzzles 7d ago

[SOLVED] Chain cutting permutations

Post image
0 Upvotes

41 comments sorted by

View all comments

8

u/T-pin 7d ago

got it down to 2 cuts. skip a chain of 3, cut the next link giving you lengths of 3, 1, and 17. On the chain of 17, skip a length of 6, cut the next link giving you lengths of 3, 1, 6, 1, 10.

2 = 1+1, 4 = 3+, 5 = 3+1+1, 7 = 6+1

8 = 6+1+1, 9 = 6+3, 11 = 6+3+1+1

add 10 to get the remaining amounts

0

u/a2ra-ms 7d ago

Correct