The Three Indistinguishable Dice Puzzle

2016-04-12

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Can you find a way to squeeze two dice out of three?

SOLUTION VIDEO: /youtube/video/hBBftD7gq7Y

Problem suggested to me by Lucas Garron. Thanks to extra work done by Josh Laison, Jan Van Lent and Tarim (which convinced me it would work as a puzzle).

CORRECTIONS:

- Actually, more of a clarification. In the first bit I was using a remainder of 0 as 6, according to the convention that n = 0, mod n. But I forgot to mention it explicitly. Sorry! First noticed by DeadLink.

Music by Howard Carter

Design by Simon Wright

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