Brazos Valley Math Teachers' Circle

aTm Math Math Teachers Circle

2010

Meeting 1 Part A

Dots and Boxes

Dr. Aaron Lauve

Department of Mathematics
Texas A&M University


Dots and Boxes

Abstract
Dots are successively put into to a row of boxes. When a box becomes too full, the dots explode and a dot is placed in the neighboring box. What are the possible numbers in each box?


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