tower of Hannoi problem involved 16 disks and 3 pegs, how long would it take to complete the puzzle -For a human if they could make one move per second?  -For a computer if the machine made one move per picosecond ? I have determined that there are 65535 mov

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If the tower of Hannoi problem involved 16 disks and 3 pegs, how long would it take to complete the puzzle

-For a human if they could make one move per second? 

-For a computer if the machine made one move per picosecond ?

I have determined that there are 65535 moves using 16 discs

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