Junior frogs July
Note-
How to read the moves. F – Frog. T – Toad. P – Empty pad. Slide and jump – what it says. The numbers mean the pad number for example F5 would reference the frog at the fifth pad. E,g. Jump F3 to P5 would mean The frog at the third pad jumps to the empty pad which is the fifth pad.
2 frogs:
Slide F2 to P3. Jump T4 to P2. Slide T5 to P4. Jump F3 to P5. Jump F1 to P3. Slide T2 to P1. Jump T4 to P2. Slide F3 to F4. Complete! 2 slides and jumps for frogs and toads so it is done in 14 moves.
This is the only way of doing this because at every move I worked out every possible move. If I did anything differently it would mean having two frogs or toads together with the opposite species ahead unable to slide or jump due to the two creatures in front and those two creatures can’t jump over the other species because there is no space behind free. This is the only way unless you do everything the opposite way so moving the toad instead of the frog first and then jumping the frog over to where the toad was before. It, obviously, still has same results.
3 frogs:
Slide F3 to P4. Jump T5 to P3. Slide T6 to P5. Jump F4 to P6. Jump F2 to P4. Slide F1 to P2. Jump T3 to P1. Jump T5 to P3. Jump T7 to P5. Slide F6 to P7. Jump F4 to P6. Jump F2 to P4. Slide T3 to P2. Jump T5 to P3. Slide F4 to P5. Complete! 4 slides and jumps for frogs. 2 slides and 5 jumps for toads.
With 3 frogs the explanation is no different to 2 frogs.
By Sayeed Ahmed