Escaping the Maze
If you are trapped in a maze, here is a really clever idea that you can use to escape:
Keep your hand in contact with the wall of the maze, and keep walking along it.
It certainly works for some mazes like this, for example:
But you might not be so lucky, always. For one of the mazes below, no matter where you start and which wall you pick, it works. For the other, this idea might not work for all walls. Which is this unfortunate maze?
Maze A
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Maze B
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1 solution
Maze :A has four walls that are not connected to an outside wall and thus if you put your hand on those you would be in an endless loop.