Riddle/ Thinking Problem

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Veteran X
I don't know the answer. It's not homework


Three five-handed extraterrestrial monsters were holding three crystal globes. Because of the quantum-mechanical peculiarities of their neighborhood, both monsters and globes come in exactly three sizes with no others permitted: small, medium, and large. The medium-sizedmonster was holding the small globe; the small monster was holding the large globe; and the large monster was holding the medium-sized globe. Since this situation offended their keenly developed sense of symmetry, they proceeded to shrink and expand globes so that each monster would have a globe proportionate to its own size. Monster etiquette complicated the solution of the problem since it requires that:

1. Only one globe may be changed at a time (e.g., from small to large, medium to small, etc.).
2. If two globes have the same size, only the globe held by the larger monster may be changed.
3. A globe may not be changed to the same size as the globe of a larger monster.


:shrug:
 
my solution:

Total of 6 steps:

S M L (monsters)
-------------------
L S M (Balls)
L S S
M S S
M L S
M L L
S L L
S M L
 
Green Do0kie said:
small to small

medium to medium

large to large

im confused?
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One ball is changing every step. Each new line is the next step (with the first one being how they are originally).
 
Step 1: Medium monster's ball changes from small to large.
Step 2: Large monster's ball changes from medium to small.
Step 3: Medium monster's ball changes from large to medium.
Step 4: Large monster's ball changes from small to medium.
Step 5: Small monster's ball changes from large to small.
Step 6: Large monsteer's ball changes from medium to large.

yar har.
 
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Waidan said:
Step 1: Large Monster's ball changes from medium to large

Step 2: Medium monster's ball changes from small to medium.

Step 3: Small monster's ball changes from large to small.

I think that's all there is to it, yes no?
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that's kinda what I was thinking from my first post, but i think it was meant to be a little more complicated, thus my oringal post saying "not enough variables" :shrug:
 
Or not.

"Your first goal should be to take care of the small monster (i.e., to get his globe to the right size.)] "
 
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[FotP] I-C-E said:
I don't know the answer. It's not homework


Three five-handed extraterrestrial monsters were holding three crystal globes. Because of the quantum-mechanical peculiarities of their neighborhood, both monsters and globes come in exactly three sizes with no others permitted: small, medium, and large. The medium-sizedmonster was holding the small globe; the small monster was holding the large globe; and the large monster was holding the medium-sized globe. Since this situation offended their keenly developed sense of symmetry, they proceeded to shrink and expand globes so that each monster would have a globe proportionate to its own size. Monster etiquette complicated the solution of the problem since it requires that:

1. Only one globe may be changed at a time (e.g., from small to large, medium to small, etc.).
2. If two globes have the same size, only the globe held by the larger monster may be changed.
3. A globe may not be changed to the same size as the globe of a larger monster.


:shrug:
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That's easy...there's no question, therefore no answer.
 
none of the answers i saw seemed correct, but i think this is right:

S M L (monsters)
-------------------
L S M (Balls)
L S S
M S S
M S M
M L M
M L L
S L L
S L S
S M S
S M L

doesn't seem really that difficult if you can follow the guidelines.
 
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