To reveal the location of a hidden treasure, place the three gems on the map in a way that satisfies these five conditions:
- The red gem is two hexes away from the closest mountain hex.
- The green gem is two hexes away from the closest forest hex.
- The purple gem is two hexes away from the lake hex.
- The three gems are on hexes of different types of terrain.
- There is a hex -- the treasure's location -- that is two spaces away from each gem and that has a type of terrain different from that of any gem's hex.
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Give the numbered hex on which each gem resides and give the numbered hex for the treasure.
Solution to the Problem:
The Red Gem is on Hex #1.The Green Gem is on Hex #4.
The Purple Gem is on Hex #8.
The Treasure is on Hex #3.
Another solution would be the mirror image:
red on 3
green on 6
purple on 8
treasure on 1
Another possible answer is:
red on hex #1,
green on hex #8,
purple on hex #9.
treasure on hex #3.
Correctly solved by:
1. Jason LaRusso | Winchester, Virginia |
2. Tyler Windham | Columbus, Georgia |
3. Sharina Broughton | Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia |
4. Walt Arrison | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
5. Kaveh Malekanian | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
6. Emily Auerbach | Columbus, Georgia |
7. Mandy Auerbach | Columbus, Georgia |
8. Cameron S. | Columbus, Georgia |
9. Jason Storer | Winchester, Virginia |
10. Jeffrey Gaither | Winchester, Virginia |
11. Thomas Woodward | Columbus, Georgia |
12. Mary Helen Calhoun | Columbus, Georgia |
13. David & Judy Dixon | Bennettsville, South Carolina |
14. Sarah Watterson | Middletown, Connecticut |
15. Angelo Leone | Middletown, Connecticut |
16. Julie W. | Dallas, Texas |
17. Deborah Coats (found two solutions) | Newport News, Virginia |
18. Ann Norman | Columbus, Georgia |
19. Kevin Jacobson | Columbus, Georgia |
20. Jeffrey Kinne | Columbus, Georgia |
21. Anders Johansson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
22. Daniel Kvist | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
23. Jonas Sutinen | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
24. Gustav Nilsson | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
25. Sanna Lejegren | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
26. Elin Carlsson | Risbergskaskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
27. Jolle Datahacker | ---------- |
28. Erik Hultgren | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
29. Viktor Logrell (found two solutions) | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
30. Lisa Sevón | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
31. Joanna Sturk | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
32. Joakim Berggren | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
33. Bahadir Güngör | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
34. Michael Kempi | University of Örebro, Örebro, Sweden |
35. Per Björkil | Tullängsskolan, Örebro, Sweden |
36. Misty Carlisle | Winchester, Virginia |