Fun little bit of trivia: Leonhard Euler proved that any shape or graph could be drawn in this manner as long as it has exactly 0 or 2 vertices that have an odd number of edges. Nancy’s shape has 4 vertices with an odd number of edges, so it’s impossible.
Seriously? These are the comics they do for the summer? The teacher now seems like the main character of the strip? Where are all the things kids really do in the summer? Where is the baseball and trips to the beach? I used to look forward to this strip every day, now its mostly Nancy in the classroom; even when she goes to camp its the same thing. :(
Let’s mix things up a bit here, Olivia. Counting since April: art camp, Aunt Fritzi, cellphones, contemplation, cornbread, eating, electronics, Esther, foliage, ice cream, jealousy, mud, rain, robots, school, shopping, sleeping, Sluggo, snow?, the twins… A big universe out there. And Nancy never got sent to a corner or to her room with supper.
Milk Beard over 5 years ago
I don’t think she’s falling for this one Nancy
Argythree over 5 years ago
Nope, can’t break the 4th wall, Nancy…
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 5 years ago
I think she might have hit on one of the few solutions – a count of lines and vertices suggests it’s not possible without trickery.
Corwin Haught Premium Member over 5 years ago
You know, this strip still runs in print newspapers; readers of which would consider “print[ing] out this comic” to be redundant.
GollyGosh over 5 years ago
Fun little bit of trivia: Leonhard Euler proved that any shape or graph could be drawn in this manner as long as it has exactly 0 or 2 vertices that have an odd number of edges. Nancy’s shape has 4 vertices with an odd number of edges, so it’s impossible.
katina.cooper over 5 years ago
If Nancy can’t solve it, then the teacher must tell her how to solve this problem. If not, then she can’t trust the teacher.
Meg: All Seriousness Aside over 5 years ago
If Nancy can do this, she should be teaching the class. Or a university math theory course.
Bernard Epperson Premium Member over 5 years ago
Seriously? These are the comics they do for the summer? The teacher now seems like the main character of the strip? Where are all the things kids really do in the summer? Where is the baseball and trips to the beach? I used to look forward to this strip every day, now its mostly Nancy in the classroom; even when she goes to camp its the same thing. :(
VICTOR PROULX over 5 years ago
In the last panel Nancy is sweating the answer.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
Easy Peasy! figured it out on the third try…and I’m a penguin!
delivered5898 over 5 years ago
Let’s mix things up a bit here, Olivia. Counting since April: art camp, Aunt Fritzi, cellphones, contemplation, cornbread, eating, electronics, Esther, foliage, ice cream, jealousy, mud, rain, robots, school, shopping, sleeping, Sluggo, snow?, the twins… A big universe out there. And Nancy never got sent to a corner or to her room with supper.
Snorgle over 5 years ago
If this isnt me …
purpleriver over 5 years ago
Looks like sweat on Nancy’s face in the last panel.