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Math Puzzles of the Month: April 2004
Rearrange the Coins

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Put six coins on a table arranged like this picture.

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Your challenge is to rearrange them into this new pattern in the fewest possible moves.

Coins

A move is defined as pushing a single coin into a new position without moving any other coins. At the end of the move the coin you pushed must be touching two other coins.

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