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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 20 Oct 1998.
Re: ASCII challenge =)

Re: ASCII challenge =)

On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:18:59 +0800, Whatamess <bo_...@stu.ust.hk>
wrote:

>
>-----------
>|         |
>|         |
>|         |
>|         |
>|         |
>|         |
>|         |
>-----------
>
>Here's a rectangle, try to cut it into the least number of pentagons
>possible, and all the angles in the pentagons must be larger or equal to
>90 degrees.
>
>Also present your answer in ASCII art. =)

Errrm... Here's my solution (one out of many):

  *---------*
  |         |
  |         |
  |         |
  *----*----*
  |         |
  |         |
  |         |
  *---------*


"*"-s = vertices. Well, 180 degrees > 90 degrees...  :-))

(There's also a trivial solution when we add only one vertex, like 

*---*-----*
|         |
|         |
*---------*  , but it's done without any cutting.)


Now come and bite me... :))

regards,
Gergely.  

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