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FIGURE it out ! (Posted on 2004-09-10)

With an unlimited supply of toothpicks of n different colors, how many different triangles can be formed on a flat surface, using three toothpicks for the sides of each triangle?
(Reflections are considered different, but rotations are not.)
How many different squares?

No Solution Yet Submitted by SilverKnight

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-02-21 22:45:11
Solution for three toothpicks to a side	Dej Mar	2008-03-05 10:53:52
re: solution	Dej Mar	2008-03-04 10:41:43
re(2): My take - correction	Tristan	2004-09-10 23:44:31
re: My take	Richard	2004-09-10 23:11:18
My take	Tristan	2004-09-10 20:44:12
re: solution -- numbers	Charlie	2004-09-10 16:55:57
re: Solution for Squares - Correct	nikki	2004-09-10 16:45:14
re: Solution for Squares	Charlie	2004-09-10 16:44:33
re: Solution for Triangles - oops =)	nikki	2004-09-10 15:22:47
Solution for Squares	nikki	2004-09-10 15:20:44
solution	Charlie	2004-09-10 15:08:51
Solution for Triangles	nikki	2004-09-10 14:00:07

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