OnMobile Written test puzzle -3
Typical "stars" are drawn in connected, but not repeated, line segments. For example, a 5-point star is drawn as such - line segments AC, CE, EB, BD, DA. The segments must always alternate a constant number of points (in the above case, skipping 1 point in between).
Given the information that there is only 1 way to draw a 5-point star, and that there is NO way to draw a 6-point star (in continuous lines, that is), and there are 2 ways to draw a 7-point star, how many different ways are there to draw a 1000-point star?
Given the information that there is only 1 way to draw a 5-point star, and that there is NO way to draw a 6-point star (in continuous lines, that is), and there are 2 ways to draw a 7-point star, how many different ways are there to draw a 1000-point star?
is it 485?
ReplyDeletetotal number of ways is 199.
ReplyDeleteCan you elaborate your answer?
ReplyDeleteI think according to question we can not have stars using even numbers of dot. it will form a circular loop.
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ReplyDelete1000 point is even and hence we cannot draw any stars i hope, is it correct??/
ReplyDeletei think since 1000 is an even number, stars cannot be drawn..is it right??????
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