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On March 10, 2023 at 5:46PM EST Radar wrote:

As my vacation comes to an end and with help of my iPhone Flashlight and long forgotten math - I GOT IT!! This really got juices flowing😃

On March 3, 2023 at 9:11PM EST Radar wrote:

Just stopping by to say I got Part 1🤗 Spring Break time so I’ll check in as I can over next week😀 Have to workout Part 2😉

On March 1, 2023 at 8:24PM EST Radar wrote:

1st take: I find it interesting that I know what factors are needed. But will I select the correct components to achieve the correct, desired result?

On January 24, 2023 at 12:46AM EST Just-A responded to Colorblind:

Fortunately even with this printing error, getting PACH_CUTI makes it intuitively easy to solve, especially given you have ESTATE FOR in the ropes above.

On January 12, 2022 at 8:03AM EST Colorblind wrote:

If you create a puzzle based on color, you need to make sure the colors are printed correctly. This puzzle was impossible as printed.

On January 24, 2023 at 12:44AM EST Just-A responded to Mcdevroc:

Starting with the sixth rope, we're given 5 beige knots = E, beige = 1.


Moving to the ninth rope, 3 beige + 3 red = R (18). If beige = 1, then red = 5.


To the second rope, 5 beige + 1 red = 10, and we need to get to 19 (S), so blue = 3.


Now we can solve for green and yellow by moving to the fifth rope.


Given blue = 3 and red = 5, we have 19. We need to get to 20 (T). With 6 yellow knots and 2 green knots, we need to solve 6y+2g=1. If yellow = 0.5 and green = -1, then 6(0.5)+2(-1)=1 checks out.

On November 19, 2022 at 3:15PM EST Mcdevroc wrote:

I cannot figure out how to solve for yellow or green.

On January 24, 2023 at 12:37AM EST Just-A responded to MikeyJ:

Yes, it was because the second to last knot is not pure white (-2), but beige and white entwined (-1). It is very difficult to distinguish in the image provided.

On December 29, 2022 at 9:03PM EST MikeyJ wrote:

Did anyone else have difficulty with the 5th letter in the clue which leads to the answer? I did this with my wife and we both got 0. I feel like the key was wrong?

On December 29, 2022 at 9:03PM EST MikeyJ wrote:

Did anyone else have difficulty with the 5th letter in the clue which leads to the answer? I did this with my wife and we both got 0. I feel like the key was wrong?

On November 19, 2022 at 3:15PM EST Mcdevroc wrote:

I cannot figure out how to solve for yellow or green.

On July 13, 2022 at 6:38PM EST chota001 responded to EMC2:

It was a gift given to me in June.

On July 13, 2022 at 5:58PM EST EMC2 responded to chota001:

When did you buy the book? I have the older version, where the colors are definitely a little hard to differentiate, but a friend has a newer copy where it seems to be fixed.

On July 13, 2022 at 4:54PM EST chota001 wrote:

I agree that the colors are poorly rendered and are unreasonably hard to discern. I have determined the value for each color, and applied it to the lower row, but the answer makes no sense and is apparently incorrect, probably because I am misperceiving one or more colors.

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On July 13, 2022 at 5:58PM EST EMC2 responded to chota001:

When did you buy the book? I have the older version, where the colors are definitely a little hard to differentiate, but a friend has a newer copy where it seems to be fixed.

On July 13, 2022 at 4:54PM EST chota001 wrote:

I agree that the colors are poorly rendered and are unreasonably hard to discern. I have determined the value for each color, and applied it to the lower row, but the answer makes no sense and is apparently incorrect, probably because I am misperceiving one or more colors.

On July 13, 2022 at 5:45PM EST chota001 responded to JAR:

It's White and Tan. I also strugged with this one knot. Terrible color rendering.

On May 22, 2022 at 12:06PM EST JAR wrote:

What is the color of knot located in the bottom Quipu, 5th strand, 7th down? I looked at the solution and am struggling with the value assigned to this one.

On July 13, 2022 at 4:54PM EST chota001 wrote:

I agree that the colors are poorly rendered and are unreasonably hard to discern. I have determined the value for each color, and applied it to the lower row, but the answer makes no sense and is apparently incorrect, probably because I am misperceiving one or more colors.

On May 22, 2022 at 12:06PM EST JAR wrote:

What is the color of knot located in the bottom Quipu, 5th strand, 7th down? I looked at the solution and am struggling with the value assigned to this one.

On March 11, 2022 at 9:02AM EST ukla wrote:

I liked this one. It was hard for me to see/interpret the differences in the colors sometimes, though, which made it take longer than it would have if the colors had been really clear. Confused for a bit by the number of red lines, until I got a little history lesson from google.

On January 12, 2022 at 8:03AM EST Colorblind wrote:

If you create a puzzle based on color, you need to make sure the colors are printed correctly. This puzzle was impossible as printed.

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