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Eight peas
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There are eight cups, with one pea in each cup. You are allowed to move a pea by picking up the pea in a pot with only one pea and jumping it to the left or the right over two peas into a pot with only one pea in it. For example, the following moves are allowed:
![](javascript:showlimage("move1.png"))
![](javascript:showlimage("move2.png"))
Starting with your eight cups, can you make four moves?
![](javascript:showlimage("movesolution.png"))
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