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Friday, August 13, 2010
Nine From Eleven
So a man is in a kitchen with 11 toothpicks. With some careful arranging, he now has nine! How is this possible?
Hint: The toothpicks are all still there, he didn't throw them away or anything like that.
it is possible if we plot manner of drawing or posiblite ,we spells "NINE": we have Three toothpicks for each "N", one for the "I", and four for the "E" make eleven toothpicks.
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I believe he spells "NINE": Three toothpicks for each "N", one for the "I", and four for the "E" make eleven toothpicks.
ReplyDeleteHe could arrange them 2 ways depending on the case of the word.
ReplyDeletehttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k306/dancalcstud/9toothpicks.png
note: I can't figure if there is a way to link this picture directly here
it is possible if we plot manner of drawing or posiblite ,we spells "NINE": we have Three toothpicks for each "N", one for the "I", and four for the "E" make eleven toothpicks.
ReplyDeleteor he could have left his kichen and walked out with 9
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