How will you do it?

If you look at the figure given, you will find a square formed with match sticks. This figure comprises of five squares. Can you move the matchsticks such that the resulting figure consists of ten squares?

Please note that, you can just drag the matchsticks and can’t rotate them and also you have just four moves.

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answer Aug 29, 2015 by Swetha Ragupathi

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