Four Sticks
Geometry
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Making a figure using only four line segments of identical length, what is the maximum number of intersections possible?
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1 solution
Make a triangle using three of them in such a way that the sides stretch past the vertices (3 intersections) , and then place the last one in such a way that it intersects two sides and an extension of a side (3 intersections).