SOLUTION: Can you make two similar triangles using exactly 9 toothpicks? If so, explain how. And is this even the right place to ask the question or should this question be in a diffe

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Question 111844: Can you make two similar triangles using exactly 9 toothpicks? If so, explain how.


And is this even the right place to ask the question or should this question be in a different catergory?

-Jasmine
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes it is possible to make two similar triangles using 9 toothpicks. The dotted lines just show that the first smaller triangle is used to construct the larger triangle.
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note: all line segments are the same length

Also, the correct category is "Geometry: Triangles"