You have quarters laid out in the following pattern on the left and you want to move quarters to form the pattern on the right.
Q Q Q
Q Q Q Q
Q Q Q Q Q
Before| |After
The only rule is you must slide a coin without moving any others, such that the coin's ending location touches two other quarters. This means the following moves are illegal:
A 1 Moving C to 1
B C D 2 Moving B to 2
E F
What is the shortest solution?
I'm pretty sure this works:
1
2 3
4 5 6
1 6
2 3
4 5
1 6
2 3 5
4
1 6
2 - 5
4 3
1 6
2 - 5
3 4
How does that look? Does t work within the bounds of the rules?
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Posted by Ashley
on 2004-05-04 16:10:46 |