Brain teaser # 33

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Moving only three toothpicks, can you make three identical squares from the arrangement below?

 

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Originally posted by : Prateek Agarwal

 


Moving only three toothpicks, can you make three identical squares from the arrangement below?



 

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....smiley

Jiju..you removed 4 toothpicks.

YES HE DID

no I didn't...

Abhay...where did you get the extra 2 toothpicks?

You have to move 3 from the given diagram.

Cool Jiju...

Please post right questions.. This teaser can be solved only by removing 4 picks.. As jiju did

Originally posted by : Mayank Tulsyan

Please post right questions.. This teaser can be solved only by removing 4 picks.. As jiju did


Mayankji... See how I moved those three toothpicks ...

See my Second post with diagram...

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..

 


 

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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