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Old 07-26-2022, 01:21 PM   #90
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Originally Posted by Fuzz View Post
Geez, I went and looked it up earlier, I don't like the solution at all. It says "move only 2 sticks to make a correct equation", it didn't say anything about also changing perspective, which would be doing more than moving 2 sticks. Heck, I could hold a piece of paper over match sticks I don't like, and "technically" be correct, too. Mine at least did exactly what the question said!
It is a bit of a "bar" trick, to be sure, but I did say I accepted your solution. Be happy you came up with something original! Another possible unique solution is to change it to read 64=64 (if you don't care about spacing).

The puzzle reminded me of another matchstick problem:

Using 6 unbroken matchsticks of the same length, create 4 equilateral triangles.
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