Add two straight lines to the letter "M" below to leave a different letter (despite the drawing, assume the "M" is made by four straight, non-dashed lines). You´re not allowed to do anything with the "M" (turn, incline, or whatever). Just add two straight lines.

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(But apparently not as much as some people - Looking at the solutions provided.)

I didn't even look at the category - AHHH.  I thought about each letter and couldn't come up with any valid answers.  The best I could come up with was the funky A, but I knew that was not valid. At least some people (myself not included) were clever enough to think of other alphabets. Not really thinking of a valid solution I checked the answer to see what I had missed.  I laughed out loud when I saw how simple it was and how stupid I was for not thinking about it.  But apparently most others did not think of it either.

Great problem.

Posted by jduval on 2007-08-05 07:21:30