Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/212 - Transplanting the Trees
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $212$
- Transplanting the Trees
- A man has a plantation of $22$ trees arranged in the manner shown.
- How is he to transplant only six of the trees so that they shall then form $20$ rows with $4$ trees in every row?.
Click here for solution
Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $212$. -- Transplanting the Trees
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Combinatorial & Topological Problems: Point Alignment Puzzles: $437$. Transplanting the Trees