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Reply Wed 25 Jan, 2006 10:29 pm
Ten boxes are arranged in the order as below.

8 - 6 - 2 - 5 - 10 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 4

You need to have them in their correct order: 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on... The numbers you move have to go to the right end. You can move up to three adjacent boxes per move.

What's the fewest amount of moves to do this?
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2006 11:17 am
How! War Eagle, welcome to the forum. I come in peace when I say I can do the task in five moves. If anyone can beat that, they speak with forked tongue. Laughing
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WarEagle
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2006 12:23 pm
Can you verify what you did?

I think it's . . .

8 - 6 - 2 - 5 - 10 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 4

8 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 4 - 5 - 10 - 1
8 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 4 - 5 - 10 - 1 - 2 - 3
8 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 10 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
8 - 9 - 10 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

Is this true? Is it possible to have less? Thanks for replying Tryagain. I appreciate it.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2006 12:41 pm
Congratulations! Cool


"Is this true?"

You better believe it. Razz


"Is it possible to have less?"

Not this side of the burnt stump.


"Thanks for replying Tryagain. I appreciate it."


No probs. It was foretold in riddle folklore when it was written; from the west shall come one that is a high flier. Laughing
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raprap
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2006 12:51 pm
I can't get ther in less than 7 moves
s)8625013794
1)8623794501
2)8694501237
3)4501237869
4)0123786945
5)0123789456
6)0123456789
7)1234567890

Rap
Rap
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raprap
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2006 01:32 pm
Dammit that works in 5

Rap
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2006 02:52 pm
Raprap wrote, "I can't get ther in less than 7 moves" Shocked


There you go again ?'fessing up'. Come back with, ?'I can do it in four'. That will put the polecat in the hen coup d'état. Laughing
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dadpad
 
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Reply Thu 26 Jan, 2006 09:41 pm
Black stump Try BLACK STUMP not burnt shheeeeshhh its not that hard.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Fri 27 Jan, 2006 03:01 pm
"Black stump Try BLACK STUMP not burnt shheeeeshhh its not that hard." Shocked



The black stump is not so much a signpost, it is a state of mind. The edge of the earth where the sailing ship topples over; the place where civilisation draws its last line with a stick.

However, I am awed by its strange beauty. The blackness of the burnt stump of trees too large to completely vaporize in the fire. The sharp lines of the deadblack Manzanita bushes against the white and tan sandy soil. A stunningly naked land. Yet the absence of sounds tells me that there is no life here. Welcome to Australia! Laughing

Ps. If you wish to engage in a bit of bare knuckle fitin, check out ?'Getting a rise out of someone' in the General forum. A bunny could use a little help. :wink:
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