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If we add 0 as a node to the graph below, which node(s) will it connect to?enter image description here

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I've made another puzzle before, which may give clues if you begin to bore.

Hint 1

If your hair you begin to tear out, then perhaps you should check this out.

Hint 2

My hints usually start at 1, but this once let's have fun.

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  • $\begingroup$ Hi Galen! I was wondering if you could comment on the discussion in El-Guest's answer. Thanks! And thank you for the cool puzzle :) $\endgroup$
    – stux
    Commented Apr 28, 2020 at 23:12
  • $\begingroup$ @stux I've commented on what I'm guessing you'd like me to address. I'm glad you enjoyed the puzzle. :) $\endgroup$
    – Galen
    Commented Apr 28, 2020 at 23:58

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It should connect to

Nothing, because all nodes are connected to other nodes that share a word.

Note that

one connects to twenty-one, seventy-one and one hundred, but not to seventeen. None of these nodes have “zero” in their names, and so it is not connected.

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  • $\begingroup$ Were the hints helpful? $\endgroup$
    – Galen
    Commented Apr 25, 2020 at 18:56
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    $\begingroup$ Hint 1 helped work out the difference between my first answer and my second answer, @Galen $\endgroup$
    – El-Guest
    Commented Apr 25, 2020 at 19:03
  • $\begingroup$ (spoiler) based on this answer, shouldn't 7 and 17 be connected? $\endgroup$
    – stux
    Commented Apr 26, 2020 at 6:54
  • $\begingroup$ Technically yes, but I just took them as two separate examples of graphs — ie. to help us note clearly that 17 was not connected to 71, 21, 1, or 100. Not sure if that was OP’s intention as well. $\endgroup$
    – El-Guest
    Commented Apr 26, 2020 at 12:48
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    $\begingroup$ @El-Guest rot13 Lrnu, lbh'ir tbg gur evtug vqrn. Gur fgevatf ner fcyvg ol fcnpr naq ulcura, ohg ng yrnfg bar fcyvg fgevat zhfg or rknpgyl rdhny (fhofgevat vf abg rabhtu) gb fngvfsl gur eryngvba. $\endgroup$
    – Galen
    Commented Apr 28, 2020 at 23:52

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