Brain Teaser Of The Week
- From: "R. Chartrand" <pedagonet@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "teaseroftheweek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <teaseroftheweek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:46:40 -0800 (PST)
Pennies
Place ten pennies on a large sheet of paper, five on each edge.
(see illustration)
Remove four of the coins, without disturbing the others, and replace them on
the paper so that the ten shall form five straight lines with four coins in
every line.
The two rows must stay exactly the same.
Question:
How many different ways can the puzzle be solved?
See answer:
http://www.pedagonet.com/mathgenius/answer210.html
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