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Matchstick puzzle confuses many internet users

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A physicist proposed a puzzle requiring correction of the equation 7/9 = 3. To solve it, two matchsticks must be used to find a non-standard solution.

In brief

  • A physicist proposed a puzzle involving the fraction 7/9 = 3.
  • The puzzle requires the use of two matchsticks.
  • The task became popular on the internet.
  • Not all users managed to solve the puzzle on the first try.
Covered by 1 of 6 media groups
  • Budget not in the collected reports
  • Public money not in the collected reports
  • Media business not in the collected reports
  • Big capital 2 sources
  • Readers and grants not in the collected reports
  • Undisclosed not in the collected reports

No newsrooms from these groups in the collected reports: budget, public money, media business, readers and grants, undisclosed.

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Big capital
  • Newsroom 5
100%5 items

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Who the outlets write for
  • community 0
  • region 0
  • country 2
  • world 0
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  • TV and radio 1
  • Agencies 4

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