Mobile Digits Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
You have a mobile with a keyboard which consists of 10 digits and two symbols, [#] and [*], as shown in the illustration.
On the mobile's screen is a small program which shows the same keyboard, but with the buttons in a different order.
When you press a button on the keyboard, then the respective button on the same place on the screen is highlighted. That is: button [1] on the keyboard highlights button [6] on the screen; button [2] on the keyboard highlights button [7] on the screen; and so on.
The object is to press consecutively some 5 buttons on the keyboard so that the same set of buttons is highlighted on the screen.
Author: Peter Grabarchuk
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On the mobile's screen is a small program which shows the same keyboard, but with the buttons in a different order.
When you press a button on the keyboard, then the respective button on the same place on the screen is highlighted. That is: button [1] on the keyboard highlights button [6] on the screen; button [2] on the keyboard highlights button [7] on the screen; and so on.
The object is to press consecutively some 5 buttons on the keyboard so that the same set of buttons is highlighted on the screen.
Author: Peter Grabarchuk
This Puzzle © 2008 Peter Grabarchuk. All Rights Reserved.
More from Peter Grabarchuk at PeterPuzzle.com
Our Solution:
Press [2], [4], [5], [7], and [8] buttons on the keyboard and the buttons [7], [8], [2], [4], and [5] are highlighted on the screen.
Author: Peter Grabarchuk
This Puzzle © 2008 Peter Grabarchuk. All Rights Reserved.
Author: Peter Grabarchuk
This Puzzle © 2008 Peter Grabarchuk. All Rights Reserved.
Puzzle Author: Grabarchuk, Peter
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