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Sliding Puzzle (Posted on 2004-06-10)

Here is one of the older sliding puzzles:

You have a sliding puzzle that looks like this:

AB
 C
DE

You may move a block with a letter on it to the blank space by sliding it there. How many moves does it take to put D where E is and E where D is at the same time? (The other pieces don't need to be in their original spots.)

Submitted by Gamer

Rating: 2.6667 (6 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Two solutions were found by Charlie's program here in 17 moves:
decbadbcebdacdbed ab ab ab ab a a da da da da da a a ac ac ac ac ac c dc dc d db db b b bc bc c dc dc d d bd bd b de e e ec ec ec ec ec e e be be be be be e e ed decdabdceacdbcaed ab ab ab ab ab b b bd bd bd bd bd b b cb cb cb cb c dc dc d d ad ad a ac ac c c cd cd d ad ad a de e e ec ec ec ec ec e e ae ae ae ae ae e e ed

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-06-08 23:40:39
sorry	simone	2005-06-16 13:39:34
re(2): anyone get less (legally) than....	Jim	2004-07-27 16:49:14
re: anyone get less (legally) than....	Sam Haylor	2004-07-20 20:56:21
anyone get less (legally) than....	Jim	2004-07-20 12:51:45
re: 10 moves!	Jim	2004-07-20 12:28:07
re: 10 moves!	matt	2004-07-07 02:40:58
"RATE YOUR MIND PLA"	vije	2004-07-06 04:01:28
re(2): 10 moves!	Danny	2004-06-11 09:06:21
re: 10 moves!	Nosher	2004-06-10 23:22:31
Two shortest--computer solution	Charlie	2004-06-10 09:16:39
re: 10 moves!	Erik O.	2004-06-10 08:30:55
A solution in __ moves...	Erik O.	2004-06-10 08:28:27
10 moves!	Danny	2004-06-10 08:27:11

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