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More Than Four? Hmmm... That's A Tough One !
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Kyle on September 8, 2002 23:41:02 UTC |
The way I'm looking at it is that if a triangle has 3 sides and there are 4 triangles, you must need 12 toothpicks. But if there are only 6 to work with, then each toothpick needs to act as a side for 2 triangles simultaneously. Which is exactly how the solution works.
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