The Rug Puzzle: how many triangles?
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 Published On Apr 4, 2018

This video sponsored by ME. I mean: MATHS GEAR. Buy my book.
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My original tweet that started the puzzle!
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Owner of the rug is Andris Bērziņš: @BerzinsAndris

You can find it online here:
http://www.narma.ee/collection/treski...

Download the smaller rug grid:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ozifr0dmy0i...

Hand working out was Calvin Stromwall: @Cstromw
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The code was from Edward Mróz: @inzmru
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Animation of the triangles moving around by Samuel Burch: @samisaburch
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If you think you have an answer: tweet (@standupmaths), comment (standupmaths) or email ([email protected]) me.

CORRECTIONS
- No mistakes spotted yet! Let me know if you see anything which is wrong or the puzzle needs additional clarification.

Thanks to my Patreon supporters who made this possible. Here is a random subset:

Kragar
Tim Nichols
Cubey
Dean Fantastic
Jonathan Anderson

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Music by Howard Carter
Design by Simon Wright


MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician
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