Trace the Circuit - Part 2 - Solution
by
Erik Oosterwal
If you haven't tried the Trace the Circuit part
1 problem on The Puzzle Page, I suggest you try
that one first. It uses a smaller grid but you only need to connect 5 pairs
of points instead of 7 pairs of points.
The trick to solving grid connecting puzzles like this one is to find the
pair that extends from one end of the grid to the opposite end of the grid
with points lying on the outer grid line. In this case that pair is
labled A. You now have to find a twisty path that separates all the other
points to one side or the other side of that conecting path. After
you have connected that main pair, the others should be fairly obvious.
Check out the twisting path that connecting path A takes and see how
the other paths fit within it.
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