Translation: How do we move only 1 matchstick to make the equation valid?
(“Not Equals” sign is not allowed)
This is a really tricky question… Hint: Need to think in Chinese, this is a Chinese joke 😛
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Hi
Is the solution available?
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Hi, the solution is to move one matchstick from the minus sign, to make 1加1=2
“加” is the Chinese word for “add”. 🙂
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1+ 01 = 2¹ or 1– 01 = 2¹ (but 2 moves)
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Nice attempt!
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Reblogged this on Mathematics Hothouse and commented:
Determination is like a match stick !!! 🙂
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