Brain-strain (not pain): Part TWO (answers)

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May 2, 2024

SPOILER ALERT: Today’s post includes the answers to the three matchstick riddles I offered on Tuesday. If you would like to go back and try the puzzles before you see the answers, go to the link here:

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Ok then, for everyone else, how’d you go?

Based on the mixed-bag of comments, it looked like the riddles were either too much hard work or very doable. For one unlucky person, the pictures didn’t even show up on their computer so they couldn’t try them (I’m super sorry if you only got blank squares – for the life of me I can’t figure out what went wrong!)

Well, here’s the answers that were online – there might be other ways to solve some of them, so if you got the right answer a different way – YAY you!

Hope that didn’t give you a migraine!

Take care and keep challenging yourself to think differently,

Linda x

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6 responses to “Brain-strain (not pain): Part TWO (answers)”

joannerambling

May 3, 2024

Cool and no pain because I didn’t try to figure them out

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thingsihavethoughtof

May 2, 2024

Yeah, I wasn’t sure an upside down glass was acceptable, seems it is.

And for number 2, I did a different way. The vertical matches from the middle square get pushed to the outside, then the horizontal matches from that inside square replace the ones I just moved, so you end up with 2 lines of 3 squares each. I think that’s right:-)

Amazing how people’s brains come up with different ways.

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  It’s our ability to see things ‘differently’ or come up with alternatives that makes me hopeful for the future, to be honest. If we all got stuck in the same patterns, repeating the same approaches (good or bad) the world would get pretty stale pretty quickly.
  
  Thrilled that you figured them all out, including the ‘upside down’ aspect – that’s the bit I didn’t consider, and why I gave up on #3.
  
  YAY you!
  
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SiriusSea

May 2, 2024

So cool! Thanks for sharing and being so smart!

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  Not SO smart – I had no clue how to do #3 and told myself it was because it involved a wine glass, and I don’t drink! 🤣
  
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