IOI'94 - Day 2
Consider nine clocks arranged in a 3x3 array thusly:
|-------| |-------| |-------| | | | | | | | |---O | |---O | | O | | | | | | | |-------| |-------| |-------| A B C |-------| |-------| |-------| | | | | | | | O | | O | | O | | | | | | | | | | |-------| |-------| |-------| D E F |-------| |-------| |-------| | | | | | | | O | | O---| | O | | | | | | | | | |-------| |-------| |-------| G H I
The goal is to find a minimal sequence of moves to return all the dials to 12 o'clock. Nine different ways to turn the dials on the clocks are supplied via a table below; each way is called a move. Select for each move a number 1 through 9 which will cause the dials of the affected clocks (see next table) to be turned 90 degrees clockwise.
Move | Affected clocks | 1 | ABDE | 2 |