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I'm programming a minesweeper game, and I'm trying to come up with an equation to determine the maximum number of mines a board can have dependent on the amount of rows and columns given. I pulled some numbers from the Windows 7 version, but I'm not sure how to derive an equation from them.
I'll list a few and maybe someone could point me in the right direction? Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I'm lost enough in mathematics that I don't even know what branch this falls under :P
Row | Col | Windows Max No. of Mines
9 x 9 = 67
10 x 9 = 76
11 x 9 = 84
12 x 9 = 93
9 x 10 = 76
10 x 10 = 85
11 x 10 = 95
12 x 10 = 104
9 x 11 = 84
10 x 11 = 94
11 x 11 = 105
12 x 11 = 115
9 x 12 = 93
10 x 12 = 104
11 x 12 = 115
12 x 12 = 126
9 x 13 = 101
10 x 13 = 113
11 x 13 = 125
12 x 13 = 138
9 x 14 = 109
10 x 14 = 123
11 x 14 = 136
12 x 14 = 149
I found a crappy approximation as Row * Col - .9 * (14 + Col - 9 + Row - 9)
where any floating point number in the solution is truncated due to being
stored in an integer data type. It's serving for now but I'd like to understand how to analyze something like this for curiosities sake.
I'll list a few and maybe someone could point me in the right direction? Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I'm lost enough in mathematics that I don't even know what branch this falls under :P
Row | Col | Windows Max No. of Mines
9 x 9 = 67
10 x 9 = 76
11 x 9 = 84
12 x 9 = 93
9 x 10 = 76
10 x 10 = 85
11 x 10 = 95
12 x 10 = 104
9 x 11 = 84
10 x 11 = 94
11 x 11 = 105
12 x 11 = 115
9 x 12 = 93
10 x 12 = 104
11 x 12 = 115
12 x 12 = 126
9 x 13 = 101
10 x 13 = 113
11 x 13 = 125
12 x 13 = 138
9 x 14 = 109
10 x 14 = 123
11 x 14 = 136
12 x 14 = 149
I found a crappy approximation as Row * Col - .9 * (14 + Col - 9 + Row - 9)
where any floating point number in the solution is truncated due to being
stored in an integer data type. It's serving for now but I'd like to understand how to analyze something like this for curiosities sake.