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Swap Meet (Swap Over in the UK version) is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Last Specter.
Puzzle
- US Version
Starting with A and moving clockwise, this circle of people is arranged in the following order: female, female, male, female, female, male, male.
Swap just two people to create a new arrangement where, starting with A, you will create the same male-female pattern whether you count every person or every other person.
Can you make the swap?
- UK Version
Starting with A and moving clockwise, the people in this circle are arranged in the following order: female, female, male, female, female, male, male.
Swap just two people to create an arrangement where, starting with A, the same male-female pattern occurs whether you count every first person or only every second person.
Can you make the swap?
Hints
Solution
Incorrect
- US Version
Too bad!
Try going around again. You must have missed something along the way.
- UK Version
Too bad.
Try going round again. You must have missed something along the way.
Correct
Correct!
- US Version
You just need to swap C and D. That way you'll get the same male-female pattern counting every person, every second person, and every fourth person too!
Did you notice that you also get that same pattern if you start from A and count every third person of every fifth person going counterclockwise?
- UK Version
You just need to swap C and D. That way you'll get the same male-female pattern counting every person, every second person and every fourth person, too!
Did you notice that you also get that same pattern if you start from A and count every third person or every fifth person going anticlockwise?
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