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Matchstick puzzle

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Matchstick puzzle

How do you make 3 equilateral triangles by moving 4 matches?

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Wheel to 3 Triangles

This is hard to explain. 1.Take the top horizontal match and move it to the line below the wheel slightly left of the existing base match.
2.Take the bottom horizontal match of the wheel and move it down one row to the right of the first mach you moved
3.You now need to move the two lower angled matches down to complete one large equilateral triangle which then appears to have two 'ears' on top of it.
Hope this helps.

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Guest said: 4th Jan 2013 | REPORT
brill. spent months trying to work it out. even asked members of family who didnt have a clue. thank you.
Guest said: 8th Feb 2016 | REPORT
been trying for months even got a book about matchstick puzzles that didn't help
thankx
Guest said: 8th Apr 2017 | REPORT
thanks!!!!
Guest said: 23rd Oct 2018 | REPORT
It worked! a lot easier than the other one which didn't. Thank you.
 

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