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“Open and Shut”: Solution

Posted in Puzzles by Greg Ross on December 8th, 2009

Solution to Open and Shut:

Each door has two sides, so the total number of door sides is even.

Since the number of door sides inside the house is even, the number on the exterior must be even as well.

From L.A. Graham, Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods, 1959.

(Christopher found one exception.)