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Evaluation: Each team will submit a report with charts for their trials
properly completed and will be prepared to present their solutions orally.
The minimum number of movements for each number of disks and the
formula for the minimum number of moves for n disks must be listed to get
full credit.
Extensions: Teams can find the minimum number of moves for any given
number of n disks using four towers.
Teacher Notes: Students have to check whether they have done the
movements in proper order and the entries are made correctly. They may
have to redo the activity to confirm the numbers.
Funded in part by the National Science Foundation and Indiana University 1995
Brahma Tower
Student Data Sheet
Record moves made to move four disks from Tower X to either Tower Y or Z.