Four Chains

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Section: Brain Teasers Category: Insight

Difficulty: Medium

You have four metal chains and each of them has three links. What is the minimal number of cuts you need to make so that you can connect the chains into one loop with twelve links?

SOLUTION

You need only three cuts – cut all the links of one of the chains and then use them to connect the ends of the remaining three chains.

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