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How many fundamental solutions are there for the eight queen puzzle?(a) 92(b) 10(c) 11(d) 12This question was posed to me at a job interview.My question is taken from Backtracking topic in division Backtracking of Data Structures & Algorithms II

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Correct answer is (d) 12

To explain: There are total of 12 FUNDAMENTAL solutions to the eight queen PUZZLE after removing the symmetrical solutions DUE to rotation. For 8*8 CHESS board with 8 queens there are total of 92 solutions for the puzzle.



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