[CV034] How Many Sheets?

034 - How Many Sheets?

How Many Sheets? is a puzzle in the American version of Professor Layton and the Curious Village. For the puzzle in the Japanese version of the game, go here.

Puzzle

Several rectangular sheets of transparent film are arranged on top of each other as shown. The lines represent areas where one sheet overlaps with another.

At the thickest point of this pile, how many sheets are overlapping?

Hints

Click a Tab to reveal the Hint.

Three layers here, four layers there...
Label each overlap you discover.

Only one area of the image contains the maximum number of overlaps.

There are a total of seven sheets of film in this picture. The solution for this problem is a number smaller than seven.

Solution

Incorrect

Nope!

Study where each sheet of film begins and ends.

Correct

That's right.

This puzzle seems straightforward, but it's quite formidable when you get right down to it.

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