Five squares are made up from the 16 sticks below:

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Move just two of the sticks without disturbing or overlapping the other 14 sticks to make only 4 identical squares, still using all 16 sticks.

(In reply to re(4): Diagram Solution of PCB's solution by brianjn)

I tried, Brian, but uppers sticks stays far distant from the others (see below). Tk you.

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(By the way, itīs PaUlo, with an "u", not "o").

Posted by pcbouhid on 2005-09-09 14:07:51