Message #1957

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: Another {7,3} puzzle
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:48:01 -0800

On 12/12/2011 10:23 PM, schuma wrote:
> Roice, thanks for making the beautiful {6,3} and {5,3}!
>
> I just solved them, and here are some interesting things about them:
>
> (1) Melinda said, in {6,3}, "It’s slightly disappointing that the face pieces aren’t exactly the same size as the others but I think it looks the most attractive."
>
> This is very funny. The face circles do seem to be larger than other circles. But if you think about it… they are actually exactly the same size.

Oh my! Of course you are right. I’m not sure how I missed that.
Sometimes I’m happy when I’m wrong and this is one of those times. This
puzzle is perfect.