The X+Y Files

Issue 4

A Coin Puzzle

There are lots of puzzles which invole moving coins or counters from place to place. How quickly can you do this one?

You should start with 6 identical coins arranged like this:

You are then allowed 3 moves to arrange the coins in a hexagon like this:

In one move you can slide a coin, without picking it up, to a new position, - but in this position it must touch at least two other coins.