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Telephone thing (Posted on 2005-07-06) |
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The numeric keyboards of a telephone (left) and a pocket calculator (right) differ in the arrangement of the keys.
123 789
456 456
789 123
0 0
What is the least number of moves necessary to transfer the keys of the first arrangement into the other arrangement?
One move consists of switching the position of two neighbouring keys (Horizontal, vertical or
diagonal) of which the sum is 9, 10 or 11.
Example: In the starting position you can switch 6 and 3, 5 and 6, 4 and 5, 7 and 4, 0 and 9
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Submitted by Hugo
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Rating: 4.1429 (7 votes)
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Solution:
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It is possible in 29 moves:
5,6 – 4,6 – 7,4 – 7,3 – 4,6 – 3,6 – 3,8 – 3,6 – 3,7 – 2,7 – 2,9 – 1,9 – 1,8 – 2,8 – 2,7 – 2,9 – 3,7 – 3,8
– 2,8 – 2,7 – 2,9 – 3,6 – 3,7 – 3,8 – 2,8 – 2,7 – 3,7 – 3,6 – 5,6
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