What does this Rebus Picture mean?

Ten coins have been arranged as you can see in the given picture. In this arrangement, a triangle is formed pointing upwards. You have to invert the position of the triangle and make it point downwards while changing the position of 3 coins only. Can you do it?

You measure my life in hours
I serve you by expiring
I vanish faster when I am thin
and slower when I am thick
The wind is my energy
What am I?

When it is alive we sing, when it is dead we clap our hands. What is it?

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?

There are forty elephants and they have forty-fore heads. How can this be possible?

Something Extraordinary happened on May 6th 19778 at 12:34am what was that?

Analyze and find the missing item in the sequence:
16, 06, 68, 88, __, 98

Arrange the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 above and below the division line in a manner that the thus formed fractions equal to 1/3.

(You can use one number only once)

What is the fewest number of coins that would be required in order to make sure each and every coin touches exactly three other coins?