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bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).I believe that generally speaking, they would be the same. Especially when the author is a world renowned puzzlist. -
bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).Well I found several solutions I thought were clever and valid reasonable early but what took a while was that nagging feeling they...
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That is not hard, just make a pyramid
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How long did you spend on this puzzle?? :eek: -
bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).I understand but I think part of the game is to figure that out. It took me a few hours to get to the second assumption. It took only a...
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bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).@DaveC426913 , while you are mathematically correct and from a purely mathematical point of view, you obeyed the rules, your solution...
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bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).But isn’t there usually a class of trivial solutions which can be discounted? Maybe because they seem to violate the spirit of the puzzle.
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I interpreted it to mean three triangles, no more, no less. (Ruling out solutions that produce four triangles.) I might even extend it...
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I agree with this. The era and context provided additional ... context, of which we are bereft. As I mentioned, these puzzle now show...
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bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).I believe so, yes. How is that leaky though?
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bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).I think the author knew his target audience and generally what they would assume from his setup of the puzzle. And it takes some skill...
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I think the difference is whether the phrase "exactly three equilateral triangles" is taken alone versus in the context of the puzzle...
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One more solution with three congruent equilateral triangles.
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Here is a schematic of the puzzle. So, my solution is translate BC northeast by a small amount transate DE southeast by a small...
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bob012345 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).That’s adds to the class of figures in post #15 which I first considered. An interesting question is how many of these types of figures...
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