Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/213 - The Six Pennies/Solution

by : $213$

 * The Six Pennies

Solution
First lay out the pennies as follows, noting that they have been numbered in order to identify them.


 * Dudeney-Modern-Puzzles-213-solution-1.png

Move penny $6$ to touch $4$ and $5$:


 * Dudeney-Modern-Puzzles-213-solution-2.png

Move penny $5$ to touch $2$ and $3$:


 * Dudeney-Modern-Puzzles-213-solution-3.png

Finally, move penny $3$ to touch $5$ and $6$ as indicated by the dotted circle in the diagram above.

Also see

 * by : $329$ - The Four Pennies