Guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Standard Matchstick Puzzle: Here's the challenge, can you form six equal triangles with 6 identical (unbroken) matchsticks? try a 6 pointed star. create two equilateral triangles and arrange them like a star of david. This gives you six "points" that are equal triangles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Standard Matchstick Puzzle: Here's the challenge, can you form six equal triangles with 6 identical (unbroken) matchsticks? try a 6 pointed star. create two equilateral triangles and arrange them like a star of david. This gives you six "points" that are equal triangles. I can make 6 .. but not all of them are equal .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) My drawing is poor. match.bmp Edited February 20, 2008 by storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 My drawing is poor. match.bmp Thanks for the picture Storm. I wonder if there are any other solutions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Here's the challenge, can you form six equal triangles with 6 identical (unbroken) matchsticks?
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