It depends on where the dots are located.
If they are all collinear only one straight line is required. For a 5x5 grid, only 5 lines are required.
Just connect the dots.
I can do it with 7 lines... But I cannot draw in this Wiki interface...
Yes. It can be done with as little as three, but you have to use your imagination. I assume you are talking about a 3 x 3 arrangement as in a tic tac toe grid. If you number them upper left to lower right,o o oo o oo o o1 2 34 5 67 8 9Four lines: 1 to past 7, then though 8 and past 6, then through 3,2 and stop at 1, then though 5 and 9. The key is extending the lines past the grid.Three lines: 7 through 4 and 1 at an angle. Extend the line until you can come down through 2, 5, and 8. Extend the line again until you can upswing through 9, 6 and 3. It will look like the letter N. As long as the dots are not points, this works.
Here are the 12 dots, labeled so we can talk about them:[1] - [ 2 ] - [ 3 ] - [ 4 ] -[5] - [ 6 ] - [ 7 ] - [ 8 ] -[9] - [10] - [11] - [12] --- Put your pencil down on #9, and don't pick it up until you're finished.-- Draw line-1 up through #5 and #1, and keep going up for a ways,just far enough so you can do the next step with a straight line.-- Draw line-2 slanting down through #2, #7, and #12.-- Draw line-3 straight to the left, through #11, #10, and back to #9.-- Draw line-4 slanting up, through #6 and #3, and keep going fora ways, until you're exactly straight up above #4.-- Draw line-5 straight down, through #4 and #8 .It all depends on the arrangement of the dots.Besides, there is nothing about straight lines, so used curved lines insteaddistribute the 12 dots around the perimeter of a pentagonSince you didn't specify the lines have to be the same length... Arrange the dots in a grid as follows :-OOOOOOOOOOOOThen - starting at he top left corner, draw a 'square spiral' (doesn't matter whether you go clockwise or anti--clockwise) - this will cover ALL the dots AND use only five lines !See Related Link below for a graphic.It all depends on the arrangement of the dots.Besides, there is nothing about straight lines, so used curved lines instead
Xenon has 8 dots (4 pairs of dots) around the letters Xe
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first circle draw 2 dots. second circle draw 8 dots third circle draw 10 dots!
Okay!Here Are Your Nine Dots In Number Form:1 2 34 5 67 8 9Now, start at dot 3and draw a line through dot 5 to dot 7.Now, draw a line from dot 7 leading to dot 9, but go over dot 9.After that, draw a line joining from the end of the previous line to dot 2, but going over dot 2 to be in line with dot 1:And Last Off, Draw a line going from the previous line though to dot 7. Finished (:
It would be the Xe surrounded by 8 dots.
The key to this (old) puzzle is to realize that the lines don't have to end on a dot, they can be extended beyond the end of the row or column.If the dots are numbered1 2 34 5 67 8 91) Start with dot #9 - draw a line through #5 to #12) From #1, draw a line through #2 to # 3 and then continue the line far enough out to be able to draw the next line3) Draw a line from the end of the previous line through # 6 and #8, ending the line under #7.4) Draw a line from the end of the previous line through # 7 and #4 back up to #1See the diagram below (it's not perfect, but you should be able to follow the idea)1===2===3===|.\ . . . . . . . . . ./| . .\ . . . . . . ./4 . . . 5 . . . 6| . . . . \ /| . . . . / \7 . . . 8 . . . 9| . . /| . /|/
There are 8 valence electrons in nitrogen ion, hence 8 dots.