Can you solve how many triangles are in this image?
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Tricky geometry baffles the internet, but can YOU train your brain to figure out how many triangles are in this picture?
- A tricky riddle has left some Reddit users scratching their heads
- But one user has provided a helpful explanation, and method, for counting them.
- So, can you easily calculate how many triangles are in the image?
A tricky riddle has left some Reddit users scratching their heads.
In a post uploaded this week, a user posted an image of a combination of diagonal and horizontal lines.
One of the basic problems in these mathematical equations is to determine the number of possible configurations.
So, can you easily calculate how many triangles are in this image?
A Reddit user easily summed up the solution.
They explained, the layout of the lines has two sets of triangles. There is a set with a horizontal line at the bottom and another set with the horizontal line at the top.
The sets are identical but are mirrored, so you only have to count one of the sets to find the total.
There are a total of 11 triangles with a horizontal bottom line. So the total is 22 triangles.