Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/337 - Twenty-Six Matches
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $337$
- Twenty-Six Matches
- Make a rough square diagram, like the one shown, where the side of each square is the length of a match,
- and put the stars and crosses in their given positions.
- It is required to put $26$ matches along the lines so as to enclose $2$ parts of exactly the same size and shape,
- one part enclosing two stars, and the other part enclosing two crosses.
- In the example given, each part is correctly the same size and shape, and each part contains either two stars or two crosses,
- but unfortunately only $20$ matches have been used.
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Problems: $337$. -- Twenty-Six Matches
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Match Puzzles: $504$. Twenty-Six Matches