the answer is Blue?

ooh, so close.

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[quote]Your solution should give the number of the dots in each of your four lines. [/quote]

Can you explain this? The sum of the numbers beside each dot should be equal? The number of dots in each line should be equal?
Damn you for posting this -- now I am REALLY wasting time at work!

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What that means is that your solution should be {i*}{i*}{i*}{i*}, where each {} is a set of one or more numbered points i. The points each have a number assigned to them (1 through 10). So, for example, your solution (not correct) might be {1-2}{3-4-5-6-7}{6-8}{8-9-10-1}. The first and last numbers in the whole sequence must be the same (same start and end point), and each number must be included at least once.

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{1,2,3,4}{4,5}{7,8,9,10}{6,1}

The trick is that the lines go beyond 4, 5 , and 10

Am I right?

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{3-4-3-2-1-2} - {2-5-7} - {7-8-9-10} - {10-6-3}

Yes, it involves going back over a line at the beginning but that does not violate the rules of drawing a straight line. It also complies with the "consecutive" line rule.

Bingo. Well done. Thinking "outside the box" pays off for this one.

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Except, of course, for the "going through each of the dots once" part...

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Yeah!!

Hey Gerard, where's my new P3C for getting it right?

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Ah yes, I was focused more on the "each dot MUST be crossed once" part.

saw that others posted, but didn't look! Honest!
{1,2,3,4}, {6,7},{7,8,9,10}, {10,5}

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under-trained and over-tapered. . . .yet still hopeful . . . does that make me an optimist or a masochist?