Talk:Three cottage problem

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[edit] Three cottage problem solvable ?

I thought there was a solution to this problem if you ran one of the cables/pipes under the middle cottage Wikipedian231 20:56, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I extended the article. Does this answer your question ? MathMartin 17:26, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Three cottage problem solvable? (Second round)

As the problem is formulated ("Is there a way to do so without any of the lines crossing each other?") the problem should be solvable with the solution "no".

In order to say that the problem has no solution you should formulate the problem as something like "Find a way to do so without any of the lines crossing each other".

I think the best thing is to just say that the answer is no, there is no such way and keep the original problem formulation.

Just my two cents. --130.238.5.7 08:49, 22 April 2006 (UTC)