Tuesday, October 15, 2019

matches - Ummm what day was it, a matchstick puzzle


      XXIII  
------- = II
VII


All you need to do is move one matchstick from the roman numerals to make the equation true.



Answer



You could move...



The last I from the numerator onto the top of the result, like so:

XXII
---- = $\pi$
VII
It's an approximation, but yesterday was Pi Day.



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