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   Erland Sommarskog to Dan Tilque   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Game 4, Rounds 7-8 answers   
   02 Apr 24 20:51:50   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Dan Tilque (dtilque@frontier.com) writes:   
   > On 4/1/24 21:51, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 3. Traditional Christmas-tree lights are on a circuit that does   
   >>>     not light up if one the bulbs is burnt out.  Most lighting in   
   >>>     homes doesn't have this problem.  What kind of circuit is used   
   >>>     for it?   
   >>   
   >> Parallel.  4 for Dan Blum.   
   >   
   > Anyone else think the question was about Christmas tree lights and not   
   > lighting for houses? I wasn't sure which one and chose the wrong one.   
      
   I think I had to read the question twice to get it. I was not sure   
   what they were looking for. I recall that I was thinking "parallel",   
   but that seemed to trivial. I still considered to put it in, but   
   apparently I forgot about it.   
      
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