You have three small poles and five hoops - XS, S, M, L, XL (as in extra small, small, medium, large and extra large). They are placed on pole 1 in order, with largest at the bottom.

You can move one hoop at a time, and the hoops you are not moving have to be on a pole. You also cannot place a hoop on top of a smaller one. How can you move the hoops so that they are in the same order as they are now, but on pole 3?

You forgot to say "And you cannot move a hoop from the middle or the bottom of the hoops on a pole, by slipping it OVER the smaller hoop(s) above it"....

So then, you simply:
Move XL from pole 1 to pole 3
Move L from pole 1 to the top of XL on pole 3
Move M from pole 1 to the top of L on pole 3
Move S from pole 1 to the top of M on pole 3
Move XS from pole 1 to the top of S on pole 3

Well, we didn't need pole 2 at all. LOL !!! (Lewis, are you about to suggest what I can do with that pole ??????)

Edited on September 8, 2003, 1:47 am
Edited on September 8, 2003, 1:47 am

Posted by Dan on 2003-09-08 01:22:33