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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $271$
- Avoiding the Mines
- Here we have a portion of the North Sea thickly sown with mines by the enemy.
- A cruiser made a safe passage through them from south to north in two straight courses, without striking a single mine.
- Take your pencil and try to discover how it is done.
- Go from the bottom of the chart to any point you like on the chart in a straight line,
- and then from that point to the top in another straight line without touching a mine.
Solution
Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $271$. -- Avoiding the Mines
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $300$. Avoiding the Mines