Moving only three toothpicks, can you make three identical squares from the arrangement below?
Prateek Agarwal (Sr. Executive - Finance & Accounts) (1732 Points)
19 July 2012
Vinay Krishnan
(Chartered Accountant)
(192 Points)
Replied 19 July 2012
| Originally posted by : Prateek Agarwal | ||
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Moving only three toothpicks, can you make three identical squares from the arrangement below? |
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Remove 3 sticks from any one corner & place one of them on each of 3 other sticks to make 3 perfect square.....sorry i could have drawn n showed u....
Prateek Agarwal
(Sr. Executive - Finance & Accounts)
(1732 Points)
Replied 19 July 2012
Jiju..you removed 4 toothpicks.
Prateek Agarwal
(Sr. Executive - Finance & Accounts)
(1732 Points)
Replied 19 July 2012
Abhay...where did you get the extra 2 toothpicks?
You have to move 3 from the given diagram.
Prateek Agarwal
(Sr. Executive - Finance & Accounts)
(1732 Points)
Replied 19 July 2012
Cool Jiju...
CA Mayank Tulsyan
(B.Com(H), ACA)
(274 Points)
Replied 20 July 2012
Please post right questions.. This teaser can be solved only by removing 4 picks.. As jiju did
| Originally posted by : Mayank Tulsyan | ||
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Please post right questions.. This teaser can be solved only by removing 4 picks.. As jiju did |
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Mayankji... See how I moved those three toothpicks ...
See my Second post with diagram...
Archana Das
(CA Final student)
(622 Points)
Replied 21 July 2012
3 squares can be made by moving only 2 toothpicks.... remove the 2 from the 1st row and place it on the ends of 2nd row..
Prateek Agarwal
(Sr. Executive - Finance & Accounts)
(1732 Points)
Replied 21 July 2012
Dear Archana,
If you have removed only 2 toothpicks, how come you create a square??
@ Mayank: It is a right question. Only the answer needs to be right!!
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