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Tower of Hanoi

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Instructions

There are three towers. The objective of the game is to move all the disks over to tower #3, but you can't place a larger disk onto a smaller disk.

Tower of Hanoi

Create a function that takes a number discs as an argument and returns the minimum amount of steps needed to complete the game.

Examples

towerHanoi(3) ➞ 7

towerHanoi(5) ➞ 31

towerHanoi(0) ➞ 0

Notes

  • The amount of discs is always a positive integer.
  • 1 disc can be changed per move.
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