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Classic programmed-learning exercises, refreshed for modern Java and presented in the current MrStyner.com portfolio style.

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Answer:

Draw a small star at the end of each line of the original star.

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Reduce the size of the pattern and draw the basic star at the end of each line of the original:

This is similar to what happens in nature. Water vapor forms into ice crystals where there is a particle of dust or a sharp point of a previous ice crystal.

Of course, the new version of the snow flake has many more sharp points than the original.

QUESTION 11:

What is going to happen at these new sharp points?