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Double the area of the rectangle by rearranging matchsticks and adding two more?

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Double the area of the rectangle by rearranging matchsticks and adding two more?

Double the area

posted Oct 10, 2016 by anonymous

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The answer is by adding two more matches on the vertical sides as shown below

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answer Oct 12, 2016 by anonymous



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