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Sliding pennies #1 (Posted on 2005-05-31) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Six pennies are arranged in the pattern of O's below.

    O O O
   O O O

Nearby pennies are touching. By the fewest number of legal moves, transform the pattern into the pattern

O O O O O O

consecutive pennies touching. A legal move consists of sliding a penny, not picking up a penny, without disturbing the other pennies, to a new position touching at least two pennies. (You might want to look up Moving Quarters for a similar problem with the same rules.)

See The Solution Submitted by McWorter    
Rating: 2.5000 (4 votes)

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re(3): I got three. | Comment 8 of 16 |
(In reply to re(2): I got three. by ajosin)

Ajosin, read again my comment. It was the first thing I said.

And, to Amanda, take 6 coins, and reproduce the six-solution given by Egor, and you'll figure out the "spirit" of the puzzle.

 


  Posted by pcbouhid on 2005-06-02 15:44:59
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