(related to Problem: The Hat Puzzle)
I suggested that the reader should try this puzzle with counters, so I give my solution in that form. The silk hats are represented by black counters and the felt hats by white counters. The first row shows the hats in their original positions, and then each successive row shows how they appear after one of the five manipulations. It will thus be seen that we first move hats $2$ and $3,$ then $7$ and $8,$ then $4$ and $5,$ then $10$ and $11,$ and, finally, $1$ and $2,$ leaving the four silk hats together, the four felt hats together, and the two vacant pegs at one end of the row. The first three pairs moved are dissimilar hats, the last two pairs being similar. There are other ways of solving the puzzle.
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