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Three at a Time (Posted on 2004-10-26)

There is just one way to go from XXXXOOOO to XOXOXOXO in five moves if *three* adjacent coins are moved at each turn. How?

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| Comment 22 of 23 |

Actually, only n is an odd integer (except 1) and 4 are solvable.

[for move three adjacent]

Posted by Martin Chiu on 2005-12-05 13:48:37

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