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  2. Balance puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Given a population of 13 coins in which it is known that 1 of the 13 is different (mass) from the rest, it is simple to determine which coin it is with a balance and 3 tests as follows: 1) Subdivide the coins in to 2 groups of 4 coins and a third group with the remaining 5 coins. 2) Test 1, Test the 2 groups of 4 coins against each other: a.

  3. Optimal solutions for the Rubik's Cube - Wikipedia

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    A randomly scrambled Rubik's Cube will most likely be optimally solvable in 18 moves (~ 67.0%), 17 moves (~ 26.7%), 19 moves (~ 3.4%) or 16 moves (~ 2.6%) in HTM. [4] By the same token, it is estimated that there is only 1 configuration which needs 20 moves to be solved optimally in almost 90×10 9, or 90 billion, random scrambles. The exact ...

  4. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    1:16: 3 + 12 in (89 mm) A worldwide garden railroad scale. Corresponds to NEM III and NMRA 34 inch. -1:12: 4 + 34 in (121 mm) North America specific scale corresponding to NMRA 1-inch scale. 1:12 is one of the most popular backyard railway scales. -1:11: 5 in (127 mm) Used outside North America. Corresponds to NEM V.

  5. Three utilities problem - Wikipedia

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    A torus allows up to 4 utilities and 4 houses K 3 , 3 {\displaystyle K_{3,3}} is a toroidal graph , which means that it can be embedded without crossings on a torus , a surface of genus one. [ 19 ] These embeddings solve versions of the puzzle in which the houses and companies are drawn on a coffee mug or other such surface instead of a flat ...

  6. Four glasses puzzle - Wikipedia

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    In step 3, if a glass is face down, it is turned face up; otherwise, either glass is turned face down. The four glasses puzzle , also known as the blind bartender's problem , [ 1 ] is a logic puzzle first publicised by Martin Gardner in his "Mathematical Games" column in the February 1979 edition of Scientific American .

  7. Soma cube - Wikipedia

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    Similar to Soma cube is the 3D pentomino puzzle, which can fill boxes of 2×3×10, 2×5×6 and 3×4×5 units. The Bedlam cube is a 4×4×4 sided cube puzzle consisting of twelve pentacubes and one tetracube. The Diabolical cube is a puzzle of six polycubes that can be assembled together to form a single 3×3×3 cube.

  8. Tower of Hanoi - Wikipedia

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    That is to say: 5>4>3 (3 over 4 over 5) is valid; 5>4>2 (with 2 over 4) is invalid. Exactly 1 of the top labels (disk number or empty base) is even (for even n; otherwise exactly 1 is odd). A bit with the same value as the previous digit means that the corresponding disk is stacked on top of the previous disk.

  9. How to Solve It - Wikipedia

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    Pólya mentions that there are many reasonable ways to solve problems. [3] The skill at choosing an appropriate strategy is best learned by solving many problems. You will find choosing a strategy increasingly easy. A partial list of strategies is included: Guess and check [9] Make an orderly list [10] Eliminate possibilities [11] Use symmetry [12]