TimeSpaceLightForce Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 []------A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- / \ _|_[H] [H] [G] [ I ] [W] [ I ] [E] [E] [ T ] [ T ] [ W ] [G] ========================================v========================================= How will the crates above can be balanced on both sides of the ship using the crane to swap any 2 of them 5 times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) at least 8 possible ways to do it...I'm actually assuming there are probably 16 based on how I found the 8...but here's one with all of the swaps HHGIWI - EETTWG (original) EHGIWI - EHTTWG (swap #1...swap H and E across sides) EHGTWI - EHTIWG (swap #2...swap T and I across sides) GHETWI - EHTIWG (swap #3...swap G and E on left side) GWETHI - EHTIWG (swap #4...swap W and H on left side) GWITHE - EHTIWG (swap #5...swap E and I on left side) Of course to be "balanced" the left and the right side have to have the same types of crates...and they have to be IN REVERSE of each other...otherwise the weight distribution would be completely off...that's why my "balanced" ending is GWITHE - EHTIWG... Hope that makes sense On an unrelated note...why did someone vote this as only 2 stars?? I think this was a really good puzzle and it was fun to solve... Edited July 12, 2013 by Pickett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TimeSpaceLightForce Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I did not know of the others .. i just swap 5 from T H G I E W = W E I G H T Great solving job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gavinksong Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Yeah. I immediately tried to spell out the word WEIGHT because that made sense, and I guess didn't get any of the other answers. Here's the swap order I got: HHGIWI EETTWG HHGIEI WETTWG HHGIEW WETTIG THGIEW WEHTIG THGIEW WEITHG THGIEW WEIGHT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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How will the crates above can be balanced on both sides of the ship using the crane to swap any 2 of them 5 times?
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