The question is........Place ten circles of the same size in five rows with four circles in each row. This is a business management creativity question that my instructor says is "grade school child level" . I am NOT smarter than a fifth grader! Thanks in advance for your help.
2007-03-16 12:01:24 · 5 answers · asked by TNTBlasdel 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I wasn't smart enough to solve it myself but smart enough to find the answer. If you follow the link you will see the answer.
Draw a 5 sided star with the points connected. You should have 5 points and 5 places where the lines between them intersect, place the 10 circles there.
I tried to draw it. I hope you get the idea.
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2007-03-16 12:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by no_frills 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I could not find the exact answer anywhere on any puzzle sites but found a clue that may help:
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Circles placed like this and hold a mirror beside it is still only 10 circles drawn but becomes 5 rows of 4.
What do you think????It is supposed to be creative!!!
2007-03-16 12:18:46 · answer #2 · answered by like to help 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think in 3-D.
Put 5 circles (think coins) on their sides. Now place the other 5 circles/coins beside them.
Now you have 5 rows. And on each side of the 5 coins there is a circle. 2 rows x 2 sides of each coin =4 circles.
2007-03-16 12:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by Ms. Dragonfly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no_frills is correct.
I was getting there but not even close.
Got me to thinking for half hour. That was fun :)
I had 3 in five rows. LOL
2007-03-16 12:58:12 · answer #4 · answered by Silly Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy - you can't. To place circles five across and four down you would need 20 circles: 5 x 4 = 20.
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What else could it be?
2007-03-16 12:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by Zebra 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋