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Craig Krisulevicz Special user Philadelphia, PA 647 Posts |
In front of you are three poles. One pole is stacked with 64 rings ranging in weight from one ounce (at the top) to 64 ounces (at the bottom). Your task is to move all the rings to one of the other two poles so that they end up in the same order. The rules are that you can move only one ring at a time, you can move a ring only from one pole to another, and you cannot even temporarily place a heavier ring on top of a lighter ring.
What is the minimum number of moves you need to achieve the task?
Who is John Galt?
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Nir Dahan Inner circle Munich, Germany 1390 Posts |
For sure the answer is in Hanoi of all places...
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Craig Krisulevicz Special user Philadelphia, PA 647 Posts |
No one wants to give this one a shot?
Who is John Galt?
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magicmike96 New user PLAINFIELD, IL 98 Posts |
I have no idea..but I have this game on my calculator that starts at 3 rings and it goes up..i havnt gotten passed like 4 or 5..it is a fun game tho..i try to see if I can get it in fewer moves each time.... but 64 is a lot! ne way that wasnt of any help..but I thought hey if any of you have a graphing calculator you might want to get that game put on there..lol. MIKE
( /) what if the
(0.o) hokey pokey (><) really IS what its all about?! /_[_ feel free to pm me. MIKE |
Nir Dahan Inner circle Munich, Germany 1390 Posts |
2^n -1 moves.
here n is 64 |
Craig Krisulevicz Special user Philadelphia, PA 647 Posts |
Bingo.
Who is John Galt?
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