In this puzzle, four scoops of holiday ice cream are in a parfait glass. The challenge is to get the scoops from the glass above the word Happy to the glass above the word Holiday by moving just one scoop at a time from one glass to another (you can only use the three glasses provided). And there’s one imortant rule: a scoop with a larger number can never be placed on top of a scoop with a smaller number. How many moves will it take?
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OK. Here’s how it can be done.
First two moves: Move Scoop 1 to the middle glass and Scoop 2 to the third glass. It will look like this.
Second two moves: Move Scoop 1 to the third glass on top of Scoop 2 and Scoop 3 to the middle glass. It will look like this.
Next two moves: Move Scoop 1 to the first glass on top of Scoop 4 and Scoop 2 to the second glass on top of Scoop 3. It will look lik this (six moves so far).
Next two moves: Move Scoop 1 to the middle glass on top of Scoop 2 and Scoop 4 to the third glass (eight moves to this point). It will look like this.
Next two moves: Move Scoop 1 to the third glass on top of Scoop 5 and Scoop 2 to the first glass (ten moves … we’re getting there). It iwll look like this.
Moves 11 and 12: Move Scoop 1 to the first glass on top of Scoop 2 and Scoop 3 to the third glass on tope of Scoop 4. It will look like this.
Moves 13 and 14: Move Scoop 1 to the middle glass and Scoop to the the third glass. It will look lik this and we’re almost done.
Just one last move! You can do it!
15 moves!
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