A New Technique to Solve the Instant Insanity Problem with 5 Cubes

  • HweeJung Kim Department of Mathematics, Physics & amp; Statistics, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  • Julie George Department of Mathematics, Physics & Statistics, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  • Timothy Enright Department of Mathematics, Physics & Statistics, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  • Salar Alsardary Department of Mathematics, Physics & Statistics, University of the Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Keywords: Mathematical Puzzles.

Abstract

Instant Insanity consists of four cubes, each of whose six faces are colored with one of the four colors: red, blue, white, and green. The object is to stack the cubes in such a way that each of the four colors appears on each side of the resulting column. 

Traditionally, this could be solved using graph theory. We solved this problem without using graph theory [1]. However, in this article, we introduce a new technique to solve the problem without using graph theory by adding another cuberesulting in a puzzle with five cubes instead of four cubes.

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[1] A New Technique to Solve the Instant Insanity Problem, Hwee Jung Kim, Julie George& Salar Alsardary, Journal of Advances in Mathematics, Vol. 11, No. 10 (2016).
[2] How to play Instant Insanity [Instant Insanity math forum]. (2004, January 15). Retrieved March 28, 2012, from Department of Math, Cornell University website: http://www.math.cornell.edu/~mec/ 2003-2004/graphtheory/ii/howtoplayinstantinsanity.html
[3] Puzzle Locurainstantánea (Instant Insanity)(2011, December 13),Garrido, E. P. B. G. Retrieved from http://divulgamat2.ehu.es/divulgamat15/ index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13498:40-puzzle-locura-instantanea-instant-insanity-de-p apiroflexia&catid=65:papiroflexia-y-matemcas&directory=6
[4] Instant Insanity Instructor’s Guid. (2006, January 1). Retrieved March 28, 2012, from http://campus.houghton.edu/webs/employees/kcamenga/Teacher%20Resources/Instant%20Insanity%20teachers%20guide.pdf
Published
2020-08-13
How to Cite
Kim, H., George, J., Enright, T., & Alsardary, S. (2020). A New Technique to Solve the Instant Insanity Problem with 5 Cubes. Journal of Progressive Research in Mathematics, 16(3), 3085-3092. Retrieved from http://scitecresearch.com/journals/index.php/jprm/article/view/1887
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