| Answer
:
The smallest
possible number of moves is twenty-two—that
is, eleven for
the foxes and eleven for the geese.
Here is one way of
solving the
puzzle:
| 10—5 |
11—6 |
12—7 |
5—12 |
6—1 |
7—6 |
| —— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
| 1—8 |
2—9 |
3—4 |
8—3 |
9—10 |
4—9 |
| 12—7 |
1—8 |
6—1 |
7—2 |
8—3 |
| —— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
—— |
| 3—4 |
10—5 |
9—10 |
4—11 |
5—12 |
Of course, the
reader will play the first move in
the top
line, then the
first move in the second line, then the second move in the top line,
and
so on alternately.
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