Article 5P7EC Did you solve it? The magic of the Borromean rings

Did you solve it? The magic of the Borromean rings

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Alex Bellos
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The solution to today's puzzle

Earlier today I set the following puzzle, inspired by the Borromean rings (left), which are three interlocking loops with the property that when you remove any one of them, the other two are no longer linked. In the puzzle everything falls apart when one element is removed.

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