By moving only ONE quarter to a different location, how can you create two crossing rows of quarters with four coins each?
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Think 3D, people.
posted by Ira on 6-16-2008 at 9:19 am
g in the y
posted by brian on 6-16-2008 at 9:23 am
Hmm, that’s tricky. I thought I was on a roll but it seems I’m not as great of a genius as I thought.
PS-Recaptcha is “be Barney”…my life goal? :)
posted by Liz on 6-16-2008 at 9:26 am
Couldn’t you move a quarter from your pocket to the end of the horizontal row?
posted by Nick on 6-16-2008 at 9:49 am
Move the quarter from the bottom up one space to on top of the quarter where the vertical and horizontal rows intersect.
posted by Sue on 6-16-2008 at 10:00 am
Sorry folks made a little error. You have to move the top quarter down to where they intersect…
posted by Sue on 6-16-2008 at 10:02 am
these brain games are starting make me cry! the answer is almost always so aargh…I don’t know a better word in English to describe it!
@Nick…liked that!
posted by septer on 6-16-2008 at 1:22 pm
I’m with Nick (and never would have got that one on my own) – it doesn’t say where the moved quarter comes from.
The solution shown falls short – it only gives two intersecting rows of three quarters each, plus one row of two in the vertical axis.
(is that 3D enough for you, Ira?) ;)
posted by michael on 6-16-2008 at 7:38 pm
yay! first one i actually got. and within 10 seconds. the previous ones have been arggh-material.
posted by youngboy on 6-25-2008 at 4:10 am
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Think 3D, people.
posted by Ira on 6-16-2008 at 9:19 am
g in the y
posted by brian on 6-16-2008 at 9:23 am
Hmm, that’s tricky. I thought I was on a roll but it seems I’m not as great of a genius as I thought.
PS-Recaptcha is “be Barney”…my life goal? :)
posted by Liz on 6-16-2008 at 9:26 am
Couldn’t you move a quarter from your pocket to the end of the horizontal row?
posted by Nick on 6-16-2008 at 9:49 am
Move the quarter from the bottom up one space to on top of the quarter where the vertical and horizontal rows intersect.
posted by Sue on 6-16-2008 at 10:00 am
Sorry folks made a little error. You have to move the top quarter down to where they intersect…
posted by Sue on 6-16-2008 at 10:02 am
these brain games are starting make me cry! the answer is almost always so aargh…I don’t know a better word in English to describe it!
@Nick…liked that!
posted by septer on 6-16-2008 at 1:22 pm
I’m with Nick (and never would have got that one on my own) – it doesn’t say where the moved quarter comes from.
The solution shown falls short – it only gives two intersecting rows of three quarters each, plus one row of two in the vertical axis.
(is that 3D enough for you, Ira?) ;)
posted by michael on 6-16-2008 at 7:38 pm
yay! first one i actually got. and within 10 seconds. the previous ones have been arggh-material.
posted by youngboy on 6-25-2008 at 4:10 am