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'Plexus pleaser (Posted on 2004-05-08) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Place four coins on the bottom row of circles (p a e r) so that the word "Plexus" is showing.

Your aim is to slide the coins along the lines from one circle to another (no stopping half way!) to expose the word "pleaser" (noting that there is a difference between the capital 'P' and the small 'p'). There is only one catch: At no time are two coins allowed to be next to each other along a line.

So for instance, the coin on 'p' cannot move initially, or it would end up next to the coin on 'a'. Some of the lines are easily missed: note especially the u-r connection.

  Submitted by Sam    
Rating: 3.1667 (6 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
Using the notation ab and a_ to mean move the coin from 'a' to 'b' or from 'a' to 'blank' respectively, and indicating the 'e' on the left by a capital 'E':

r_
_s
sE
ax
eu
ur
Es
xa
pl
lP
ax
sE
ru
ue
Es
s_
eu

   There may well be other solutions.

This puzzle was originally created by Robert Hearn, using the letters in "Martin Gardner," and can be found at http://www.mathpuzzle.com/

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionSolutionDej Mar2006-05-14 19:40:18
wrong solution postedIain2004-05-18 01:54:11
Solutionthis one works. I tried with real coins!Danny2004-05-14 14:08:14
SolutionMy solutionJamie Cook2004-05-13 03:39:39
Solutionre(2): full solution? (modified)derek2004-05-11 16:12:38
re: full solution?Sam2004-05-11 15:15:52
Solutionfull solution?derek2004-05-11 02:16:23
re(3): Get your own problem! (no problem!)Sam2004-05-10 15:24:59
re(2): Get your own problem! (sorry to be so harsh)Jer2004-05-10 14:22:26
re: Get your own problem!Sam2004-05-10 13:34:16
re: Get your own problem!SilverKnight2004-05-10 12:41:25
Get your own problem!Jer2004-05-10 12:08:45
re(2): Full solutionIain2004-05-09 05:47:36
SolutionNo SubjectNikki2004-05-08 23:54:46
Solutionre: Full solutionJuggler2004-05-08 19:21:28
re: simple?Sam2004-05-08 17:34:28
simple?steve2004-05-08 15:30:16
SolutionFull solutionIain2004-05-08 14:59:45
Some ThoughtsSolution Part 1Iain2004-05-08 14:04:30
re(3): ummm...Iain2004-05-08 13:07:15
re(2): ummm...Thalamus2004-05-08 12:56:01
re: ummm...Iain2004-05-08 11:20:44
Solutionummm...Thalamus2004-05-08 11:09:38
SolutionSolutionIain2004-05-08 10:35:34
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