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In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time
has come to find a husband for his princess daughter. The
King wanted to find a worthy lad for his princess, so he
promised to give his daughter away to the first young (or
old) man who would solve the puzzle that has stumped the
best of his court mathematicians for years. The puzzle is
very simple: in a palace, there are 25 rooms arranged in a
square--5 rows of rooms with 5 rooms in each row. In every
room there is a light switch which not only switches on/off
the light in that room, but also switches the lights in the
adjacent rooms--the room to the right, to the left, the
room above and the room below. Initially, all of the
lights are turned off. The goal is to turn the lights on
in every room of the palace.

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback



In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / ananya

X1X1X Superman,if u on 4 lights,then switches of the
10101 room denoted by X will not be turned on.
X1X1X
10101
X1X1X
.........................................................
U have to on 7 lights

The room of which light need to on is indicated by 0,

11011
01110
11011
01110
11011

Is This Answer Correct ?    37 Yes 5 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / daniela

1 1 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 1
0 0 1 1 1
0 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 0 1

1 - switch on the light

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 3 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / max

00600
10003
00500
20004
00700

Need to switch on 7 lights.

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 3 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / pradip biswas

11111
10110
11111
11111
10110


0 indicates rooms you need to switch lights on... Its simple....

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 0 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / alphy

only 1 light need to switch on, gradually the remaining all
will become on.

1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0---->
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0---->
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 0
1 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0----> like this
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0

Is This Answer Correct ?    12 Yes 11 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / tirupathi

X1X1X Superman,if u on 4 lights,then switches of the
10101 room denoted by X will not be turned on.
X1X1X
10101
X1X1X
.........................................................
U have to on 7 lights

The room of which light need to on is indicated by 0,

11011
01110
11011
01110
11011


Hi Ananya can you please explain this.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 1 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / sharmesh kumar

Hi Ananya,

I have doubt in your solution as well.

.........................................................
U have to on 7 lights

The room of which light need to on is indicated by 0,

11011
01110
11011
01110
11011

.........................................................
Suppose the room are numbered like
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25

Now,if room no. 3,6,10 were switched-on, this will switch-on
lights in the room (2,8,4);(1,7,11);(5,9,15) in that order
respectively. Now when 13th room light is lit, it will
switch-off the light of room no. 8 as well. So, if we follow
your approach, at last the lights from room no.s 8 & 18 will
be OFF.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 1 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / dolly

7 is the correct answer which is provided by Md.Answer no:5

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / pradip biswas

Sorry I did not understand the problem before ... My solution is wrong.

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

In a kingdom far far away, the King decided that the time has come to find a husband for his princ..

Answer / guest

Switch on the first room light

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

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