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Puzzle #156: If you like puzzles, try our L-ympic challenge

By Donald Bell

23 February 2022

#156 L of a puzzle

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At first glance, you wouldn’t think it was possible to put these three L-shaped tetrominoes together to make a flat, symmetrical shape.

And yet, it turns out that there are two different ways to make a shape with mirror symmetry using all three Ls. Can you find them?

Hint: one solution looks a bit fishy, but you might love the other one.

Solutions next week

#155 Mother Hubbard

Solution

Ada is 55 and Betty is 33. Let Ada’s age be A and Betty’s age be B. This table shows the relationship between their ages:

Past…

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