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Moving Quarters (Posted on 2004-03-26)

You have quarters laid out in the following pattern on the left and you want to move quarters to form the pattern on the right.

  Q      Q Q
 Q Q    Q   Q
Q Q Q    Q Q

Before| |After

The only rule is you must slide a coin without moving any others, such that the coin's ending location touches two other quarters. This means the following moves are illegal:

 A 1     Moving C to 1    
B C D 2  Moving B to 2  
 E F

What is the shortest solution?

Submitted by Gamer

Rating: 3.0000 (5 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

A 4 move solution was given here as follows:
A B C D E F A F B C D E A F B C E D A F B E D C A F B E C D

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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	Danil	2024-04-16 04:13:53
Post	Alex Green	2022-01-27 04:17:15
New	Alex Green	2022-01-27 04:16:40
ooops sorry	carlos	2005-11-27 15:57:15
re(5): 3 move solution, sorry Carlos, sorry Mindy, sorry Carlos	Hugo	2005-11-27 15:54:40
re(4): 3 move solution, sorry Carlos, sorry Mindy	carlos	2005-11-27 15:50:15
re(3): 3 move solution, sorry Carlos, sorry Mindy	Hugo	2005-11-27 14:45:49
re(2): 3 move solution, sorry Carlos	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-27 13:14:11
re: 3 move solution, sorry Carlos	Hugo	2005-11-27 12:17:41
3 move solution	carlos	2005-11-27 12:00:52
4 moves?	Ashley	2004-05-04 16:10:46
re: Maybe I'm missing something but.....	logischer Verstand	2004-04-10 16:53:28
Maybe I'm missing something but.....	DuCk	2004-04-01 07:20:25
re: 3 step solution	logischer Verstand	2004-03-29 22:21:42
penny and Penny are two different people	Penny	2004-03-27 03:39:26
Hard	Nolan	2004-03-27 01:54:17
re: Here ya go	Steve Royer	2004-03-27 01:00:19
re: 3 step solution	ThoughtProvoker	2004-03-26 22:18:32
3 step solution	Emily	2004-03-26 21:30:13
re(2): No Subject	J. Alfred Prufrock Jr.	2004-03-26 16:38:17
Here ya go	Bryan	2004-03-26 16:31:45
re: No Subject	ThoughtProvoker	2004-03-26 16:20:27
No Subject	J. Alfred Prufrock Jr.	2004-03-26 16:18:09
No Subject	J. Alfred Prufrock Jr.	2004-03-26 16:12:57
re: 5 move solution	Jer	2004-03-26 14:30:15
5 move solution	Jer	2004-03-26 14:22:11

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