The Houses Problem

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This puzzle brain teaser sounds simple, at least, when I saw it, I figured I would have it solved in a matter of minutes. My mistake, it took me lots of time to figure it out. What about you? Can you solve it? Do you have what it takes? Grab a pieace of paper, draw the houses and the supplies, and start linking them. If you are able to solve it, feel free to post your solution here. If noone can solve it after a while, I'll post the solution :)

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  • SOLUTION - A series circuit

    You use 4 lines, draw a rectangle. imagine the houses are light bulbs. The gas water and electricity are the batteries. You see? Took me 3 seconds, seriously. Think out of the box! hahaha

    By 20millon 1201867717 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • .

    This flash game is solvable just run the last line trough the gas,water or electricity supply
    because it doesn't say you cant

    By Pegina 1201853225 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • the answer......

    HELLO THERE !!! I LEARNED ABOUT THIS BRAIN TEASER WHEN I WAS 17, NOW I AM 44...I REMEMBER I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THIS TEACHER TOLD US A THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM....IF WE COULD, WE WILL GET EXTRA CREDITS.....NO ONE DID IT.....SO AFTER 27 YEARS...I TRIED AND TRIED.....LOL...I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE ANSWER....DO YOU IT?

    By pacohoustontx 1201843974 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Solved

    Just run one of the pipes under one of the other houses. 8)

    By gimmick 1201823648 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I HAVE A WAY!

    Seeing as this puzzle didn't give any rules besides not crossing any lines,

    I simply....added one hand drawn magical elements quadruple adapter board, just above the electricity sign.

    Which according to my calculations, has just the right amount of outlets on it to carry the water, electricity and gas between all three houses plus a spare outlet for an evil power. So I chose nuclear power as my fourth.

    However i may have to now draw a fourth house, some 562,000 miles away to live in as to avoid the nuclear radiation poisoning. Gosh i kinda feel sorry for those other three houses now.

    Oh well. Problem solved. The end.

    By marsim 1201807220 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • It's very simple...

    This puzzle can't have a solution.

    By kazemturbo 1201769784 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Solved

    I solved this in 5 min. :)

    By ZUnDE 1201000780 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • damn

      Just noticed that I didn't draw last link, but also I noticed that the test is impossible to solve with 9 lines, 2 lines have to cross. But if you use less, then you can.

      By ZUnDE 1201001782 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I wont dye without solving it!

    damn I'm here for 2 hours trying to solve it! do you have the solution?

    By tsmdms 1200943762 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Impossible in 2D

    The solution exists only in 3 dimensional space
    Λύνεται μόνο με τρισδιάστατη προσέγγιση

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  • A Topology Classic

    The solution is impossible in 2 dimensions. But if you put the houses and the utilities on some sort of closed 3D object (such as a torus or cube) it can be done.

    By AD80 1201909418 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • There's no trick.

    It's very possible to connect all three houses to all three utilities without crossing any of the lines.

    Anyone who's played the hundreds of flash games out there that deal with puzzle solving (cubes and whatnot) like this completed this puzzle in under a minute.

    Yay for us monkeys.

    By potatomato 1201868614 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
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