Re: The House Built of Sticks

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:19:00 +0000, Carl G. wrote:
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Use nine sticks of the same length (toothpicks, matchsticks, craft) to
construct a house shape as follows:
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Make two squares with a shared side using seven of the sticks and use
the two remaining sticks to create a triangular "roof" on top of the two
squares.
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Something like this (best viewed with a fixed-width font):
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(In this diagram two characters are used for each "stick")
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The puzzle is to rebuild the house so that it forms three squares and
two triangles.  Each side must be the length of a stick.

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