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Assemble lozenges

Puzzling Asked on January 10, 2021

You have a large number of 60° rhombi called "lozenges." Each lozenge has its edges marked with four distinct symbols drawn from an infinite alphabet. Lozenges may be rotated by 180° or reflected across either axis. A triple of lozenges forms a "hex" if the markings can be matched up in the following way:

     _____B_____
    /          
   /            
  C    E          A
 /                
/        ____D_____
        /          /
       /          /
  A    F          C
     /          /
    /_____B____/,

where A, B, C, D, E, F are distinct symbols. You wish to assemble all of your lozenges into hexes. Here are the conditions:

  • You have access to a machine that can be programmed to produce arbitrary hexes; these hexes can be broken into new lozenges
  • The total number of lozenges is a multiple of three
  • For lozenge-type that you have, you have an even number of that type

Is it always possible to assemble all of your lozenges into hexes?

One Answer

I say:

Visual proof:

Correct answer by Paul Panzer on January 10, 2021

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