abcqwerty123 Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 DON'T LOOK AT THE ANSWERS BELOW UNTIL YOU HAVE SOLVED IT OR GIVEN UP!!! Hey everyone. One of the many things I enjoy to do is graphic design. I taught myself graphic design and was making graphics for large companies when I was 14 years old. Through teaching myself, I had a bunch of problem solving to do which is something I love as well. So, I decided to share a very basic problem with everyone to see how many people could get it. I have given this problem to many friends and I kid you not, nobody could get it. I had many people resort to the "I don't understand what you are asking" excuse simply because they couldn't figure out a solution. I would consider this very very basic problem solving but it goes to show you have our school system has "educated" the population to be unable to problem solve even basic problems like this. PROBLEM: In photoshop (the graphic design software I use), if you zoom in all the way, you can see every pixel that makes up an image. A pixel is a 1 by 1 square with a color in it and pixels make up your computer screen resolution. So, a 1280x720 resolution means that you are looking at 1280 pixels width and 720 pixels height. Using a 10x10 pixel box (10 pixels by 10 pixels), I want to fill in the pixel squares so when I copy and paste the design directly to the right, left, top and below of it and then into each of the corners where each box is touching perfectly, corner to corner, we end up with this design. If that was a little complicated, here is a graphic showing the 10x10 pixel squares that I place next to eachother in order to create a design. Hopefully you understand the problem so far. Now, using the design below, tell me which boxes to fill in in order to create the finished design. Lastly, I do NOT want the lines to only be 1 pixels thick but rather at least 2-5 pixels thick. If you made a line 1 pixel thick, you would go from one corner diagonally to the next, but when you have 2-5 pixels thick, you will end up with a design with gaps in the lines. Goodluck! REMEMBER! DON'T LOOK BELOW TO THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE SOLVED IT YOURSELF OR GIVEN UP!
Mike Larson Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Do the lines and the spaces have to be the same thickness?
abcqwerty123 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 Do the lines and the spaces have to be the same thickness? Nope. They can be as wide as you want them to be as long as the lines are at least 2 pixels wide.
Filip Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 A solution I found is A1-2, B1 and E1-3, D2-4, C3-5, B4-5 and A5 as a 5*5 then extended into a 10*10.
abcqwerty123 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Posted July 24, 2014 A solution I found is A1-2, B1 and E1-3, D2-4, C3-5, B4-5 and A5 as a 5*5 then extended into a 10*10. These patterns work... Goodjob to the both of you! =) There are many ways you can do it and both of you did it in your own unique ways. For me, I will usually stick with something like this... Either way though, did either of you find it difficult, or that you spent a little time thinking about it? I really only did this because I am trying to understand how people feel with problem solving. I would consider this a very simplistic problem to solve, but people I know personally can't seem to understand it and only get upset when they can't solve it so I don't get any information. Since both of you did it, I am curious as to what you thought about it. Anyways, great job! I am thinking about creating a problem solving quiz, something that requires more logic rather then book smarts, in order to see at what level people can problem solve. Then I want to take it to the streets and turn it into a video.
Filip Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 It seemed relatively easy.Maybe your friends didn't want to invest the 10 minutes necessary? Good luck with your project!
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