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Pool Ball (Posted on 2005-04-28) Difficulty: 3 of 5
You have 15 pool balls arranged in a triangle.

What is the greatest number of balls you will ever have to swap in order to ensure that they are all in the correct position at the start of the game?

An allowable position is either the one in the diagram above, the same position mirrored left-to-right, or either of these arrangements with the red and yellow balls switched.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Juggler    
Rating: 4.0000 (3 votes)

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re: wasn't very hard | Comment 12 of 16 |
(In reply to wasn't very hard by Joy)

Sorry, Joy, but Tristan is right.  After the black ball has been swapped, the highest number of balls out of position for each colo(u)r is three.  So a maximum of 4 moves is required.
  Posted by Nosher on 2005-06-09 02:54:26

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