{"id":1868,"date":"2021-10-29T15:06:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2021-10-30T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T15:20:52","slug":"kent-halloween-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/kent-halloween-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Halloween Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/mathematics-statistics-actuarial-science\/people\/408\/hydon-peter\">Professor Peter Hydon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/mathematics-statistics-actuarial-science\/people\/430\/bearup-daniel\">Dr Daniel Bearup<\/a>\u00a0from the University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/mathematics-statistics-actuarial-science\">School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science<\/a> (SMSAS) have developed a problem-solving puzzle for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Floor Colour Problem<\/em>\u00a0sees\u00a0Sarah and Jack trying to escape from a haunted house. To unlock the exit door they must make their way across seven tiles which light up when stood on, avoiding the tile where a ghost lurks beneath!\u00a0The exit door will become unlocked\u00a0only\u00a0when the tile it is attached to is\u00a0green. Puzzle solvers must work out the shortest route through the room which unlocks the door and allows them to escape and figure out where the ghost is hiding.<\/p>\n<p>Are you up for the challenge? View the full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.kent.ac.uk\/media\/news\/2021\/10\/The-floor-colour-Halloween-puzzle-University-of-Kent.pdf\"><em>Floor Colour Problem<\/em><\/a>\u00a0puzzle for more details.<\/p>\n<p>View the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.kent.ac.uk\/media\/news\/2021\/10\/The-floor-colour-Halloween-puzzle-Solution-University-of-Kent.pdf\"><em>Floor Colour Problem Solution<\/em><\/a>\u00a0for the answer \u2013 but don\u2019t peek before you\u2019ve given it a go!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/kent-halloween-puzzle\/&amp;t=Kent Halloween Puzzle' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Kent Halloween Puzzle%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/kent-halloween-puzzle\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/kent-halloween-puzzle\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/kent-halloween-puzzle\/&amp;title=Kent Halloween Puzzle' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/kent-halloween-puzzle\/&amp;title=Kent Halloween Puzzle' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Peter Hydon\u00a0and\u00a0Dr Daniel Bearup\u00a0from the University\u2019s\u00a0School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science (SMSAS) have developed a problem-solving puzzle for Halloween. The\u00a0Floor Colour Problem\u00a0sees\u00a0Sarah and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/kent-halloween-puzzle\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55813,"featured_media":1869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[94003,99401,213676],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1874,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions\/1874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smsasnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}