the

griddle

Created by David Millar

7/20/2009

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blackbox 2

Each blackbox modifies your string in a different way. See how many passes through various boxes are required to get from the starter string to the final string.

a

...

...

>

1

>

a

b

...

a

b

c

becomes

a

b

b

c

String start with A -> start with AB

c

a

b

not

c

a

b

b

...

b

c

...

>

2

>

...

a

...

a

b

c

becomes

a

a

BC in string -> A in place of BC

...

b

b

...

>

3

>

...

c

b

...

a

b

b

becomes

a

c

b

BB in string -> CB in place of BB

Can you get from...

1

B

B

B

to

A

B

?

E

x

A

B

B

A

to

A

A

C

B

A

A

B

B

A

2

A

B

C

to

A

A

A

?

1

A

B

B

B

A

1

A

B

B

B

B

A

3

A

C

A

B

to

A

C

A

A

B

?

3

A

B

C

B

B

A

2

A

A

B

B

A

3

A

A

C

B

A