Practice - Updating the Board State
Practice Questions
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Explain backtracking in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think of it as retracing your steps.
What does the N Queens problem involve?
💡 Hint: Consider chess and how queens move.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is backtracking?
💡 Hint: Remember the order and structure of trying options.
True or False: The N Queens problem has solutions for all values of N.
💡 Hint: Think back to the examples we discussed.
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Challenge Problems
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Propose a modification to the N Queens problem: What if you had to place N queens in such a way that they occupy a 'cross' pattern on the board? How would you approach solving this?
💡 Hint: Consider how to adapt your existing placement logic.
Calculate the potential number of arrangements and the complexity of backtracking when considering additional constraints, such as limiting certain rows/columns.
💡 Hint: Think about how many choices are systematically reduced at each level.
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