1. Brain teaser #1

    thatintp:

    Typical “stars” are drawn in connected, but not repeated, line segments. For example, a 5-point star is drawn as such - line segments AC, CE, EB, BD, DA. The segments must always alternate a constant number of points (in the above case, skipping 1 point in between). 
    Given the information that there is only 1 way to draw a 5-point star, and that there is NO way to draw a 6-point star (in continuous lines, that is), and there are 2 ways to draw a 7-point star, how many different ways are there to draw a 1000-point star?

    This teaser is extremely hard, and answers must have logical explanations, since it’s hard I will know if you cheat.

    ~A

    I am thinking through this right now, and it is indeed very hard.

    1. wisemistakes reblogged this from thatintp and added:
      I got 198. I divided 1000 by 5, then I subtracted 1%, which gave me 198. I tried it first with
    2. edcunningham reblogged this from thatintp and added:
      I am thinking through this right now,...indeed very hard.
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