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Stick Numbers Research Paper

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#9: Stick Number:
Problem: What is the smallest number of sticks you need to make a trefoil knot?

Solution:
6 is the smallest number of sticks necessary to make a trefoil knot. #13: Make it:
Problem: Use a piece of string or an extension cord to determine if this illustration is a knot or the unknot.

Solution:
The illustration is not a knot because it is an unknot.

#16: Dollar Link:
Problem: Take two paper clips and a dollar and fasten them as illustrated. Now pull the ends of the dollar so as to straighten it out. What happens to the paper clips?

Solution:
When you take two paper clips and a dollar, fasten them as illustrated and pull the ends, the paper clips fly off and become interlinked to one another.

#20: Alternating:
Problem:

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