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What is the exact solution to the puzzle?
1 of 15: It is difficult to provide an exact solution, and impossible if the puzzle is not in its original (reset) state.
2 of 15: You can reset the puzzle by moving away from it at any point, and returning to it.
3 of 15: Since the pieces that are already in place cannot be moved to another location, the most crucial step is to place the 5 fallen pieces in their correct position.
4 of 15: Number the fallen pieces 1-5, from left to right.
5 of 15: Put (drag) piece #1 onto the empty space at the upper left corner of the puzzle.
6 of 15: Put piece #2 in the empty space at the upper right corner of the puzzle.
7 of 15: Put piece #3 in the empty space in the second row.
8 of 15: Put piece #4 in the empty space in the third row.
9 of 15: Put piece #5 in the empty space in the bottom row.
10 of 15: All pieces are now in place, and the only thing required to solve the puzzle is to rotate the pieces appropriately.
11 of 15: The following is a final solution to the rotation of the pieces. For each row, the piece and the number of rotations is indicated as follows: piece-rotations. Thus, 3-2 means that piece 3 (in a given row) must be rotated (clicked on) two times.
