re: How many triangles do you see?

Y'all might be trolling me, but 3 at the top and one encompassing the others. Capice?
The others aren't triangles. Simple.

I count 12

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Y'all might be trolling me, but 3 at the top and one encompassing the others. Capice?
The others aren't triangles. Simple.

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But they combine to make triangles.

Look, I think it's disingenuous and I don't like it either but there it is. Even though there really is only four goddamn, motherfricking, cocksucking triangles.

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22

How are you only getting 4?

16

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A triangle with a line through it is still a triangle. That’s like saying a pizza that has been cut into slices isn’t a circle anymore.

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Well if I can add my own lines I might come up with 350 triangles. There are four. I can bisect an equilateral triangle and come up with two. I may come up with an infinite number of triangles.

9+6+3=18

I ALWAYS miss something though, some kind of thing where my brain doesn't work for this type of thing

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You can't add your own lines.

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If you can turn stacked trapezoids defined by lines displayed with the actual triangles as shown on top, and make new triangles then I can add my own lines. This is one of those things that has no "correct" answer. I called the triangles as I saw them. I can as easily add stacked shapes with triangular tops to make new triangles as everyone else has done. But whether 4 or 18 I'm not going to sweat it. It all depends on the interpretation given the lack of instructions as to the methods to be employed. As far as the pizza analogy, if I was asked how many circles I saw in a pizza, I'd say one. If asked how many slices I'd count them just as I counted the actual triangles.