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Matchstick Frenzy (Posted on 2002-06-27) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A heap of 48 matches are divided into three groups.

If I take as many matches from the first group as there are in the second group and add them to the second, and then take as many from the second group as there are in the third group and add them to the third, and finally take as many from the third group as there are in the first group and add them to the first group, the number of matches in each heap would be equal.

How many matches were in the three groups originally?

See The Solution Submitted by Dulanjana    
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  Subject Author Date
SolutionPuzzle Solution With ExplanationK Sengupta2008-03-15 04:51:39
answerK Sengupta2008-03-09 12:27:55
SolutionPerfect matchSyzygy2004-10-21 16:28:38
SolutionBackwards thinkingnikki2003-07-29 12:56:40
here you got the solutionmetjoo2002-06-29 14:10:44
SolutionSolutionfriedlinguini2002-06-27 02:22:53
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