need help three rows of three dots connect them all with only four lines without lifying pencil anyone kno how

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connect rthem using only four straight lines and not lifting pencil forgot how to do this and need to help nephew do this for school. if you can figure it out write it down and send to me i would be greatly appreciative

Answer 1

Draw this:
A three by three grid. Number the blocks from 1 to 9. (The numbers represent the dots).

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

One unit up from 3 draw an asterix.
One unit beside 7 draw another asterix.

The asterix's are just so you know where you need to take your pen. The exercise is all about "thinking outside the box".

Line 1: Draw a line diagonally through 1, 5, 9.
Line 2: Then go up through 6 and three and to the asterix above 3 (Remember that you can't lift your pen)
Line 3: From here continue diagonally through 2 and 4 and to the other asterix on the left.
Line 4: From asterix complete puzzle by going horizontally through 7, 8 and back to 9.

It will help if you draw the lines on a piece of graph paper because if your dots don't line up the solution won't really be clear.

Hope instructions were clear enough and that this helps!

Good luck!

Answer 2

The only way I see this can be done is by using eye connection from your brains or else use your mouth to guide the pencil or your feet for connecting the dots. So there you have it or you can simply use another person and not yourself.

Answer 3

you start at the top left dot go all the way to the right go down to the last dot in the second row go all the way to left and go down to the first dot on the third row then go to the right.

Answer 4

I know the answer! But I can't show you on Yahoo answers, sorry.