Week Six: Lateral Thinking

I vaguely remember this exercise on connecting the dots and moving the golf balls around when I had this module back in Year 1 but I realized I forgot the answers when I actually attempted it...

I had to connect these 9 dots using 4 lines without lifting the my pen off from the paper

I took the liberty of trying out a Scanning app on my phone to scan these drawings here as the pencil lines look a bit faint in photos.

First attempt failed

Was trying to get it right the second time but still..

I accidentally rotated the pic but I failed nonetheless.

The final answer

I felt like I was really focused on the requirements which is why I kept failing. Like I wasn't putting my 100% into thinking, I was restricting myself.

Next up was the line exercise.

To trace the line in a continuous movement without lifting the pen off the paper

Trying to figure it out...

And trying...

And I got it!

For this, I realized that there are a number of ways to do it, so it's much more simpler than the 9 dots exercise.

I attempted the rearrangement of golf balls next!

Rearrange it by moving 3 balls to make it point downwards

This would be the easiest by far. I had the answer in one attempt.

Shaded balls are the ones moving

How my paper looked like at the end of the day...