Errata for Puzzle Design Tournament 2004
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Puzzle 01 by Alan O'DonnellSend answers to aod@webtribe.net
As in standard 'balanced scales' problems, and as per the example, a node on a horizontal bar can have a maximum of one function. That means that strings cannot be suspended from pivots or weights, and there can only be one weight per node.
Puzzle 02 by Alberto FabrisSend answers to alberto.fa.03@libero.it
Puzzle 03 by Alexandre Owen MunizSend answers to munizao@xprt.net
35 Hexominoes

Puzzle 04 by Andreas BolotaSend answers to andreas@campeuronet.com
Puzzle 05 by Aziz AtesSend answers to azizates@yahoo.com
Last sentence: Maximize the minimum of these two numbers.
Errors in the example:

Puzzle 06 by Cihan AltaySend answers to cihan@otuzoyun.com
Puzzle 07 by Joseph DeVincentisSend answers to devjoe@bellatlantic.net
Puzzle 08 by Ken DuisenbergSend answers to kduis@yahoo.com
Puzzle 09 by Koksal KarakusSend answers to karakusk@yahoo.com
Puzzle 10 by Luke PebodySend answers to ltp1000@cam.ac.uk
Puzzle 11 by Nuri YilmazSend answers to nbouny@yahoo.com
Puzzle 12 by Ronald StewartSend answers to ronaldastewart@hotmail.com
Puzzle 13 by Scott SheehanSend answers to fractaled@hotmail.com
When counting intersections, an intersection is only present when an intersection MUST be present. So disregard how some of the tiles are drawn below (For example, the 5th row shows a few tiles intersect, none of them count as intersections because it's possible to draw them without intersecting).

212 square tiles

Puzzle 14 by Tigin KaptanogluSend answers to mu_zok@yahoo.com
Use commas between numbers and semi colons between layers to avoid ambiguity. Example's answer key would be: 24: 0,0,X,3 ; 4,0,2,0
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