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From: ran@ho95e.UUCP (RANeinast)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Most different
Message-ID: <488@ho95e.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 12:14:29 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 12:14:29 1986
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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Here's an old puzzle that I have nonetheless seen only once, so
maybe you've never seen it before.  It is rather tricky.

Which figure is the MOST different from the rest, and why?
[The shapes are either boxes or diamonds, non-touching; the asterisks
denote shading.]

                                    /\ 
  ----------     ----------        /  \       ----------
 |          |   |          |      /    \     |          |
 |    /\    |   |   ----   |     / ---- \    |   ----   |
 |   /**\   |   |  |****|  |    / |****| \   |  |    |  |
 |   \**/   |   |  |****|  |    \ |****| /   |  |    |  |
 |    \/    |   |   ----   |     \ ---- /    |   ----   |
 |          |   |          |      \    /     |          |
  ----------     ----------        \  /       ----------
                                    \/ 

      1              2              3             4


Have fun.
-- 

". . . and shun the frumious Bandersnatch."
Robert Neinast (ihnp4!ho95c!ran)
AT&T-Bell Labs