While I was having lunch in Mexico yesterday, my waiter showed my family a brain-teaser that is “good for the brain.” He arranged twelve toothpicks on the table like this:
The objective of the brain-teaser is to turn the above into three perfect squares using exactly three moves. Here are the technicalities:
- One move classifies as moving one toothpick in any manner.
- A perfect square is one in which all four corners are closed (i.e. the toothpicks are touching).
- You cannot break or otherwise modify a toothpick.
- You cannot put two toothpicks right next to each other and count that as one side.
- You must use exactly three moves as mentioned above. No less, no more.
- All three squares must be of the same size.
- Every toothpick must be part of a square.
Ready, go!
(The answer is below for whenever you're ready.)
Alright, here's how you do it:
Move 1-
Move 2-
Move 3-
That's it! It stumped my entire table, so I figured it would be worthy of sharing here. Great for showing friends and family. And the best part is, all you need to play is twelve toothpicks.
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