Imagine you have toothpicks layed out like this:
__ __ __
|__ |__|__|__
............|__|__|
Now only moving two toothpicks, how can you create 4 equal boxes. You can only move two toothpicks, and they cant lay on top of each other, ect. (NOTE: The periods are just so that everything lines up. There have nothing to do with the problem)
After about half an hour working on this, I came up with something, but i think it would count as laying them on top of them. Anyone else come up with something I'm not seeing?
NOTE: This is just a for fun thing, my teacher gave us to work on over the weekend, not for homework or test. Thanks everyone.
2007-09-06
08:39:52
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