impossible u would have to move 4 lines
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Is this question supposed to have 12 toothpicks to make 4 squares and then move 3 toothpicks to make 3 equal sized squares? Answer depends on the restrictions. Just move 3 sticks from any square to form a straight vertical or horizontal line up of squares is one option if there is no restrictions other than the three resulting squares are equal sizes.
I can do it in one move. imagine 4 squares set together as a 2x2 block. The whole thing is a fifth square. now in one move push 1 square away from the rest. You now have 4 squares.
Any one of the four as long as it makes simultaneous contact with the remaining three, positioning them perfectly and the final positioning of the one you are moving completes the perfect square.
you move the squares to fill in the grey spots