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Rearrange to make 5 fives Question

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In the diagram below, the number five is made up of 5 identical line segments.

Reposition the line segments so the number five appears 5 times.

You are not allowed to do anything except moving the line segments.


The number five made up of 5 line segments


Hint

Solution is not based on standard base-10 representation.


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Peter Taylor‭ wrote about 1 month ago

I can see how to make it appear considerably more than 5 times, along the lines of the "how many triangles are there in this picture" puzzles.

If you can make more than 5 fives, please post your solution.