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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Most different (SPOILER)
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 06:02:14 EST
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>It is rather tricky.

Not really.

>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

The answer:

#1 differs by having a lozenge center.
#3 differs by having a lozenge exterior.
#4 differs by having an unshaded exterior.

So #2 is the MOST different.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720