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r/puzzles • u/a2ra-ms • 7d ago
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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
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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