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Lights switched (Posted on 2009-06-03) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Consider a 3x3 array of lighted buttons:
[O][O][O]
[O][O][O]
[O][O][O]
If any one of these buttons is pressed, it and all of its directly adjacent neighbors will toggle their status on/off. (Diagonals do not change.)

The goal is to get all of the lights to be off. Which buttons must be pressed to accomplish this?

Which buttons would accomplish this goal in the minimum number of presses for 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8, and 9x9 arrays?

A nice site with the game from 3 x 3 up to 8 x 8 is here.

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The search for order...Jer2009-06-04 15:08:52
re(3): computer solutionJer2009-06-04 13:48:23
re(2): computer solutionCharlie2009-06-04 13:13:29
re: computer solutionJer2009-06-04 11:51:06
Solutioncomputer solutionCharlie2009-06-03 16:50:45
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