10 October 2021

661. Reduce from 4 to 3 square matchsticks

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The size of the layout shown above is exactly 4 square matchsticks. Make sure to understand that A + B is exactly 1 square matchstick.

MOVE 4 matchsticks to reduce the size of the shape to exactly 3 square matchsticks.

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C + D is equal to 1 square matchstick.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous26 August, 2022 03:31

    Another solution (it didn't say the layout had to be open):
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