My son, who is infinitely brighter than I, sent me a puzzle (ostensibly to occupy my time when I've had my fill of sudoku . . ) I have yet to solve it, so I'll let you give it a shot.
(btw: the counter shows I've had 157 hits on this site, but only one comment. "lurking is fine if it suits you, but I'd suggest reading your local newspaper's "comment" page might be just as rewarding. If you've been here more than once, it's time to add your voice. Jump in, the water's fine!)
So - the puzzle.
Molly buys 16 rose bushes and considers a planting pattern that would please her. Because she has a thing about "rows of four" she lays out her bushes in four rows of four, because that is actually 10 rows of four: 4 rows across, 4 rows vertically, and 2 diagonally (the X) as follows:
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But Molly wanted more, so she worked with her layout until she had 15 rows of four!
What was her layout?
(It took my son a week to solve this, so here's one clue: no row will have more than 4 bushes.)Have fun - if you get it, feel free to post your solution here!
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