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   RealName: August Abolins 2:221/1.58   
      
   Your found solution breaks the rules: [1] you can't break any sticks (the "!"   
   looks like a broken match), and [2] you have to retain a valid "=" equation   
   (the "! =" is not valid).   
      
   The easiest answers are 0 + 4 = 4, or 8 - 4 = 4.   
      
   Apparently there are a tonne of these matchstick puzzles. We had a family   
   friend who introduced me to some of these back in the late 60's and early   
   70's.  They were fun to figure out.   
      
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