210.--THE TEN COINS.

Place ten pennies on a large sheet of paper or cardboard, as shown in

the diagram, five on each edge. Now remove four of the coins, without

disturbing the others, and replace them on the paper so that the ten

shall form five straight lines with four coins in every line. This in

itself is not difficult, but you should try to discover in how many

different ways the puzzle may be solved, assuming that in every case the

two rows at starting are exactly the same.

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