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1359A - Berland Poker

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1359B - New Theatre Square

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1359C - Mixing Water

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1359D - Yet Another Yet Another Task

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1359E - Modular Stability

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1359F - RC Kaboom Show

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 » 2 years ago, # |   +8 How to solve problem D if the value of the array is much bigger ?
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +3 Refer this thread.
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   +45 You can precompute for each element of the array, the segment that he is the maximum element, this can be done with a stack, finding the rightmost element which is greater than ai and its from 1 to i-1 for each i and then do the dame for the right, then in this interval, for each you need to find the smallest prefix sum un the range from ci to i (here ci is the rightmost element in the left which is greater than ai) and the maximum prefix sum from i to di (here di is the leftmost element in the right which is greater than ai), and the optimal range which its maximum is ai will be this range, the maximum and minimum prefix sums can be computed with segment tree in nlogn. Sorry for my poor english.
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 can you please tell , how to use stack to find rightmost element greater than $a_i$ ?
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   +3 here's an implementation for problem D using this approach: 81753071
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Can you tell me that isnt the answer maximum contiguous subset sum — maximum element in that subset ?
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +11 I did till finding the max and element at both sides but I couldn't find maximum prefix sum. I was wondering if there is anything better to find prefix sums. And then I came across your comment about segment trees. This is so awesome. Now I know what segment trees can do. Just learning them without any need would be boring. Now I have a need. Thanks Man
•  » » » 23 months ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 EUREKA!!!! I solved it after learning Segment trees. So Damn happy !!!! EDIT: Link to my Solution
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +7 Well, maybe I can try. Let's fix an index i. We need find the minimum left index L and maximum right index R such that left maximum number in the range [L, R] be a[i]. How can we do this? Use binary search on index with range maximum query. Complexity for this would be O(n (log n)^2).Then, at the particular index l in [L, i] and r in [i, R], such that the ans for the fixed i be maximum. Now, notice the following observation. l would be the index in [L, i] such that suffix sum till index l is maximum. Similarly, r would be in the range [i, R] such that prefix sum till r be the maximum. Now, we have to do range maximum query on prefix sum and suffix sum. Simple. Use segment tree once again. Complexity would be O(n log n).Now, after we find the index l and r, now construct the ans. ans would be suff[l] — suff[i] + pref[r] — pref[i], it's easy to find out. So, it's given on yourself.Now, we would do this for every i from 1 to n and update the answer. Yeah bro, that's it. Final complexity is O(n (log n)^2).
•  » » » 23 months ago, # ^ |   0 Hello, can you please explain your comment line:: "We need find the minimum left index L and maximum right index R such that left maximum number in the range [L, R] be a[i]. How can we do this? Use binary search on index with range maximum query."How to find these L and R? A better elaboration would be helpful.And your solution link would be a great help!!Thanks in Advance!
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 I calculated prefix sum as well as suffix sum. Since array was immutable, so I created sparse table for array,prefix array and suffix array. Then for each Index i, find the maximum subarray range that can be formed by applying binary search on sparse table of given array. After that find the maximum suffix sum in left part and maximum prefix sum in right side of that index. If the sum are positive add them.Here is my solution for the above approach Solution
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +2 Let's find for some position "pos" L, R that in the interval from L to R the value in position pos is the largest, then you just need to find the maximum from pos to R and the minimum from L to pos. Now the answer can be MAX (pos, R) — MIN (L, pos) — a [pos], and therefore we iterate over all positions and perform these operations at each positionДавай найдем для какой то позиции "pos" L, R, что в интервале от L до R значение в позиции pos является наибольшим, тогда вам просто нужно найти максимум от pos до R и минимум от L до pos. Теперь ответ может быть MAX (pos, R) — MIN (L, pos) — a [pos], и поэтому мы перебираем все позиции и выполняем эти операции на каждой позиции
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 How to find the maximum?
•  » » » » 23 months ago, # ^ |   0 Segment tree / sparse table / Fenwick tree
•  » » » » » 23 months ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks. I did it!!!
•  » » » 23 months ago, # ^ |   0 Can't we find a positive-maximum sub-array using Kadane Algorithm in O(n) and subtract the maximum of same range computed using segment tree in O(logn) My SolutionBut I am getting the wrong answer in 7th test case I have a rather fair idea that this approach is wrong.But still can someone please let me help out with the "Same idea of Segment tree and Kadane Algo" with further changes to solve this problem.Thanks in advance!!
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 Nice problems, waiting for F editorial, thanks for the contest :)
 » 2 years ago, # |   +6 For problem D, what is the purpose of the best variable? I don't see a correspondence between it and any variables in Kandane's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_subarray_problem#Kadane's_algorithm)
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +10 Best variable stores the minimum prefix sum that we have seen so far. In Kadane, at index i, the question is what is the maximum sum subarray that ends at index i. In other words, we want to find the maximum value of cur-pref where cur is the total sum of [0,i] and pref is some prefix sum of elements from [0,j] where j
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +3 Great explanation! It's really cool how the Kadane's algo can be rephrased using the prefix sum method you described. I only knew of the max / min way described on Wikipedia before :)
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Sir, I kindly request you to explain why are we taking this infinity to replace a[i] if it is greater than max?
•  » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 We are taking MINUS infinity. One other way of doing it is to simply consider only those intervals with all elements <= mx and ignore the ones that are greater. Then simply run Kadane on each of those intervals independently and update the answer. Setting values >mx to negative infinity has the same effect as Kadane will automatically never take those elements in a subarray (as they have minus infinity value) and this makes the code quite a bit easier to write.
 » 2 years ago, # |   +37 A note for my not so experienced companions-In the editorial of problem E, if someone else is also having trouble understanding why the following is true,( x mod a ) mod ( b a ) = ( x mod ( b a ) ) mod a = x mod aThen here's why,For ( x mod a ) mod ( b a ) = x mod a We know that x mod a will already give us something smaller than ba so that's why mod (ba) will have no effect on it.For ( x mod ( b a ) ) mod a = x mod aWhen we do x mod (ba) we end up with something of the form x — k*(ba) (which is by definition of modulo). So we have subtracted a from x, k*b times already but the remaining x may still be big enough for more a's to be subtracted. That happens when we take its mod with a and we are ultimately left with the answer which we would have got if we had just done x mod a
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +1 other way to prove Other way to prove (x mod (ba)) mod a = x mod a since x mod (ba) = x - k*(ba) where k is some integer we can apply mod aon both sides (x mod (ba)) mod a = (x-k*(ba) mod a (x mod (ba)) mod a = (x mod a - (k*b*a mod a)) mod a (x mod (ba)) mod a = (x mod a - 0) mod a (x mod (ba)) mod a = x mod a 
 » 2 years ago, # |   +3 How to solve Problem C with binary search..as mentioned in above..
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +6 I used a ternary search for u can refer my solution 81858123. If u have any problem understanding do ask.
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +14
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +6 Hey anshumankr001, Why did you take the last for loop from(max(0,l-5),l+5)... is it just to be on the safe(st) side?
•  » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +9 I did that because, in my solution I'm breaking the loop when l == r, and using this value as the optimal value. But, in my solution if func(mid) > t I'm assigning l = mid+1. It's possible that mid was the actual optimal value but I assigned l = mid+1, and now, I'll end up with l = (optimal value) + 1. You can now judge that, my solution would've worked if I had used 1 instead of 5 too but doing that was a necessity.
•  » » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Hi anshumankr001 can you please look at 81855634 once and tell me where i did wrong. Thank you!!
•  » » » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +3 You're missing one case. Inside if(val >= (ld)t), you'll also have to add if(ans == val - t && last > mid) last = mid; to complete the solution.
•  » » » » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Thank you so much!!Understand
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 3 →   0 I had similar approach as yours but because of one condition i was getting wrong answer then i looked at your solution and removed that condition and it got accepted but still i didn't get why it happened.So i tried to submit your solution itself with that change and surprisingly that also got WA but i think that condition shouldn't have any affect on the answer.I am sharing the two links one accepted and one wrong, can you please help me out?WRONG ONE 82039446ACCEPTED 82039513Only difference is that in one of solution "cur = abs(func(mid)-t);" this line is commented and in one this is not
•  » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +3 It's possible that two values will give the same difference say, a, b (a > b). After the binary search, you might get mid = a which will give you the optimal difference, but not the optimal answer. This modified code will give you the right answer: CodePrevious code: f(i, max(0LL, l-5), l+5) { if(abs(func(i)-t) < cur) { cur = abs(func(i)-t); ans = i; } } Modified Code: f(i, max(0LL, l-5), l+5) { if(abs(func(i)-t) <= cur) { cur = abs(func(i)-t); ans = min(ans, i); } } 
•  » » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 even after this it is giving WA 82142984can you help me ? not able to figure out the issue (just a guess can it be due to some precision issues?)
•  » » » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +3 You forgot ans = min(ans, i). Either add that, or loop in reverse, i.e. for(int i=l+5, i>=max(0LL, l-5); i--). Both will effectively do the same job.
•  » » » » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 thanks got accepted :)
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 How are you deciding upper bound for binary search?
•  » » » 21 month(s) ago, # ^ |   0 Hi @anshumankr001 , your solution would still work if u take the upper limit of binary search (r) as (h+1).IT is not necessary to take it as 1e9.
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +3 Maybe this explaination might help — https://pro-coder.tech/cf-1359-problems/
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•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 81792654 Have a look!
 » 2 years ago, # |   +3 That allows us to find such k, that the value of tk is exactly t. However, such k might not be integer. (k+1)⋅h+c/2k+1 forgot to multiply k with c
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Do you have any suggestions for this method?
 » 2 years ago, # |   -7 Task C took soul out of me but never showed Accepted
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +6 Try tracing an example. let's say h=10 c=5, try taking 1,2,3 and so on. if we take 1, the average would be 10, taking 2 the average would be 7.5, taking 3 the average would be 8.333 , taking 4 the average would be 7.5, notice that if you take any even number, the average would be the same. so in this example if 7.5 is the closest to t, we would surely take 2 because it is the minimum even number. Going on taking odd numbers you will notice that the average goes down towards 7.5 but never below it. That means that when you take larger odd numbers you would converge to the average when taking any even number(all gives the same average). Now as the average is always going down as we are taking larger odd numbers we can use binary search to know which is the optimal odd number that we should take to make the average as close as possible to t. Supposing that t is less than or equal to the average when taking an even number, the answer would be 2 because when taking odd numbers, the average would never cross the even average and if we assume that the average when taking an odd large number can ever reach the even average. we would still pick 2 becuase it is smaller than that odd number. so if t<=(h+c)/2.0 "the even average" , the answer would be 2 , else we know that t is greater than the even average. we also know that as the odd number goes to infinity the odd average converges to the even average, so if t is greater than the even average , we are sure that there exists an odd number that its average is as close as possible to t, so we do a binary search considering only odd numbers and calculate the average for that mid then checking if average>t then we want a smaller number so we discard the left half else we want a larger number so we discard the right half. Going on, we would get the number that gives the closest average possible to t. if anything is still not clear, feel free to ask.
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +1 I think the guy for whom you wrote such a descriptive comment does not deserve it.Check out his submissions. You will find out.
•  » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +6 Well you may be right. but i did it anyway assuming that he really needs help. It can also help someone else who may be struggling solving the problem.
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Beautiful explanation... Thank you so much Magdy_Sedra !!!
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Really nice explanation but I have a little doubt. When we are performing binary search on the odd numbers, what would be the upper and lower limits?
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +1 I don't see a single submission from your account for problem C. Please can you explain how did it took the soul out of you?If i am not wrong you must be the kind of guy who creates new id just for the sake of posting comments.
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 check this video for detial explanation of problem chttps://youtu.be/Ts6to-_N-Y0
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 IT confused me why there were so few correct submissions for F — the time limit is very generous and you only have N^2/2, which is about 3e8 pairs to check if you brute force. So brute force should easily pass.Unfortunately I didn't debug in time during the contest itself...
•  » » 23 months ago, # ^ |   0 Yeah, brute force passes all the tests. I don't understand why the author's solution is so hard.
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 can anyone explain Problem A in a more beginner- friendly and easy way. or else tell me where i have gone wrong.MY SUBMISSION: https://codeforces.com/contest/1359/submission/81751748 code is in C++. thank you!
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 3 →   0 if(no_of_cards==1) ans=0; It is not true. Here is the accepted submission.
 » 2 years ago, # |   +7 I have a challenge for ESolve it without having a % operator!
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +1 Could you please elaborate it?
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +4 Is it replacing every $a \% b$ with $(a - (a / b) * b)$ My submission : 81937062
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +1 That's good! Your code has no %. Now don't use modulo in any forms.
•  » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 why did u just said dont' use modulo in any forms !! does that helps and if yes how ??
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 If anyone need detail explanation for C Here
 » 2 years ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 How to solve D in $O(Nlog(N))$? Any D&C approach? Edit: D&C $\implies$ Divide-and-conquer
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   -7 check this video editorials for c and d C : https://youtu.be/Ts6to-_N-Y0 D : https://youtu.be/1h1D7wMbDis
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +6 I will share the approach of one of my friend 81836011.If we need to find the answer between L and R index, then we can do the followingLet i be the index of any maximum element in range L to R. There are three possiblities The optimal subarray lies from L to i - 1 The optimal subarray lies from i + 1 to R It include element at index i and therfore maximum of this subarray will be element at index i. Now first two cases are recursion and for the third you need to find the maximum prefix sum for range i + 1 to R and maximum suffix sum for range L to i - 1. So these queries (maximum index, maximum suffix sum, maximum prefix sum) can be done by segment tree. The merging step will take O(logN) time and therefore even though our problem doesn't always reduce into two equal halves, we will achieve a time complexity of O(NlogN).
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 I really like the idea, can you please help me to understand what build2 and build3 stands for in the code.
•  » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +1 build1 is used for calculating the index of the maximum element in the range build2 is used for calculating maximum prefix sum for a range build3 is used for maximum suffix sum for a range For the understanding of build2, you can see that when you merge two nodes either the max prefix will be one of that of max prefix sum of the left node or it could be taking full left node and taking max prefix sum for the right node. The segment tree is storing a pair in case of build2 where first of that pair is max prefix and second is sum of that range. A similar idea could be applied to build3 as well. You can refer the following link
•  » » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Thankyou so much
•  » » » 21 month(s) ago, # ^ |   0 This code has greatly helped me solidify my concepts on suffix sums, thanks a lot for sharing this code
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 Can anyone help with my approach? I am getting Wa but couldn't find why? My submission
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 can anybody tell me why i am getting WA?My submission I am getting answer 5 on my ide but on codeforces it shows "expected 5 ,found 7"
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 take test case 999977 17 499998 answer is 499981 but i think it should be 499979please explain why?
•  » » 5 months ago, # ^ |   0 The values of $|t_b-t|$ are $1/499981$ and $1/499979$, for 499981 and 499979 number of cups respectively. The former is smaller.
 » 2 years ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 .
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 $val1$ and $val2$ are only numerators, you have to compare $\frac{val1}{k}$ and $\frac{val2}{k+2}$
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks man I just understood that.
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 Did anyone do D with sparse table?
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 In problem E, should'nt it be (d-1)P(k-1) instead of (d-1)C(k-1), because the problem asks only to reorder the elements? For example if the minimum element is 1, and the k=3, then {1,2,3} and {1,3,2} are both stable arrays but we are counting only one in the answer. What am i getting wrong?
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 You haven't got the question right but don't worry.The question asks for how many different arrays are stable where a stable array is one that gives the same remainder irrespective of the permutation of the array.For instance, {1,2,3} and {1,3,2} are not two different stable arrays but two permutations of the array {1,2,3}. Notice how in the question it is mentioned that we have to find the arrays such that 1 <= a1 < a2 < a3 <...
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks a lot, i did not notice that last constraint
 » 2 years ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Am not able to completely understand Editorial of Problem D CAN SOMEONE PLEASE WRITE AN ELABORATE EXPLANATION FOR IT.Thanks in Advance.Edit : No Longer needed , i got the idea from code in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNladOR-XM
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Please can you explain Problem D...i also can't able to under stand D.Although it looks straighforward
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 here in tutorial replacing value greater than max with infinity is quite confusing .. it's just saying that when A[i]>mx just start a new segment from i+1.. hence initialize again curr and best = 0 initialization again becoz we cannot include A[i] in current segment.
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 What I am doing wrong? https://codeforces.com/contest/1359/submission/81957966
 » 2 years ago, # |   -10 in question c for testcase 999977 17 499998 answer should be 499979 because for number of cups 499979 and 499981 the temprature of barrel are 499998.0000020001 and 499997.9999979999 respectively so as mention in question answer should be 499979.
•  » » 5 months ago, # ^ |   0 The values of $|t_b-t|$ are $1/499981$ and $1/499979$, for 499981 and 499979 number of cups respectively. The former is smaller.
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 In D can't we just use Kadane's algorithm to find the maximum sub-array and then find the maximum number in that array and just subtract if from sum of the maximum array?TC: 11 3 0 1 -2 5 -5 -1 0 3 2 2 My ans: 3 expected: 4 y is it 4? total is 8 and max number is 5 so ans should be 8-5=3
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 what subarray are u referring to ?
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 case : -1 10 -20 1 5 Max sub array is 10 , u subtract 10 ans will be 0. But optimally it should be 1 5 , subtract 5 , u get 1. This happens because in sub array with maximum sum if the most contribution is from max element itself and later u will hv to remove it , we deviate from the ans .
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 see this for better understanding 5 elements 1 50 -60 4 4
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks a lot man! I was having a hard time understanding what was the problem with my approach now clear :)
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   -8 You can choose subarray $3$ $2$ $2$ and $sum = 7$, $max = 3$, so $sum - max = 4$
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 yeah, but according to my approach, I would have selected the entire array which was wrong :P now got the mistake thanks
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 How should I handle the test case 3 (9 6 3) in Problem A. I am not getting proper logic for else part. Please Help.  cin>>n>>m>>k; if(m==0) cout<<0<=m) cout<
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 For problem A, in the editorial.a2 = (m — a1 + k — 2) / (k — 1).Can Someone tell why 2 is subtracted from k in the above equation?
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ | ← Rev. 2 →   0 for calculating a2 the question boils down to distribute m-a1 card among k-1 players such that the max no. of cards any player gets is as min as possible, for this the only way is to distribute m-a1 cards equally among k-1 players. Now your would say that ans should be (m-a1)/(k-1) as this is equally dividing cards but you should also take care of (m-a1)%(k-1) cards as all cards need to be picked so in order to handle that what you can do is add largest remainder which u can get by dividing by k-1 which is k-2 hence you add k-2 also to the numerator. Its just a way of doing ceil operation. If after this also you dont want to add k-2 then you can check my solution without k-2
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Nicely explained. Thanks!
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 tnx bro,for ceil() method..
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 For their solution in problem E, is there a reason they had to write an add function? Would simply adding and then using % not work?
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 It will lower the constant since you don't need to use % every time, which will make your program faster.
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 does basically writing out the mod function like that work faster than using the % operator? If so, why?
•  » » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 int add(int x, int y) { x += y; while(x >= MOD) x -= MOD; while(x < 0) x += MOD; return x; } Here, only when $x\ge MOD$ or $x < 0$ you will take the modulo. But if you write it as x = (x + y) % MOD you need to take modulo every time, which may make your program slower.（Because % operator is the slowest among all operators)
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 can we find ncr % 998242353 using DP(pascal's triangle).Because it am getting TLE
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   +1 that's O(n^2), which is not fast enough for n<=5*10^5.use c(n,r)=n!/r!/(n-r)! instead: 1. precomputing x! % 998242353 and 1/x! % 998242353. this takes O(k*n), k is a small constant. 2. for 1/x!, you need inverse modulo. 3. computing with n!/r!/(n-r)! takes O(1).
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 1379D - New Passenger TramsYou can see that for any value between y and mx the maximum sum segment will always be that chosen one.Can Someone explain this?
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 i like that editorial has proofs . i wish every editorial had it
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 Is there someone else as well who just sinked into the floating point numbers for solving problem C but never get accepted.I hope now it's clear to you why using float will not work there........
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 HAHA me!
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 I understood the problem C wrongly, I don't know if I was the only one lol, I thought that after pouring a cup you wait for the temperature to stabilize and AFTER that you pour the next cup, which will change the equation.. because if we note t_k the temperature after the k-th pour then for even k we have t_k=(t_(k-1)+c)/2 and for odd k we have t_k=(t_(k-1)+h)/2...
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   -8 I see where your confusion comes from, but the problem clearly stated that:"The water temperature in the barrel is an average of the temperatures of the poured cups."I recommend that if you're not getting the correct answer in the test cases you re-read the problem (or the notes). This should've solved your doubt.
 » 2 years ago, # | ← Rev. 3 →   0 In Problem C, I was thinking the same Strategy but I got stuck so can you guys help me out. I am assuming total "n" cups are used. so the following cases are possible. 1. CASE:Half of the cups are hot and half of them are of cold water. Then the following equation is formed ((n/2)*h + (n/2)*c)/n or (h+c)/2. If this is the case then average temp. T is (h+c)/2.If temperature t <= (h+c)/2 then always 2 cups of water are used.2. CASE:Another case I was thinking of if (n-1)/2 + 1 hot water cups and (n-1)/2 cold water cups then according to average temp. T is (((n-1)/2 + 1)*h + ((n-1)/2)*c)/n.I get average temperature T = ((n+1)*h + (n-1)*c)/2*n .Now after this how I proceed.??
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 I didn't understand the last statement in PROBLEM EOn the other hand, suppose there exists an element ai such that it is not divisible by a1. Let's take x=ai and two following reorders of the array a: [a1,a2,…,ak] and [ai,a1,a2,…,ai−1,ai+1,…,ak]. For the first array, we get xmoda1=aimoda1, which is non-zero; and for the second array, aimodai=0, so the result is zero.
•  » » 23 months ago, # ^ |   0 if ai is not divisible by a1 then it will leave a (non-zero)remainder upon being further divided by multiples of ai whereas the ai in the second permutation will clearly amount to zero.
 » 2 years ago, # |   0 for problem D : lets say the current value of mx is 5 and we dont have any 5 in our array how can current answer for this sub task be sum of largest segment — 5 ??
 » 2 years ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 Can someone please tell me what is error in my code for problem C. I have used almost same approach that is given in tutorial. But my code is failing for test case "999977 17 499998" The error msg is :- wrong answer 14th numbers differ — expected: '499981', found: '499979'. my codeI tried to print abs(temp-t) value at steps 499981 and 499979 and both the values are coming same. (2.00007e-06). Is it because of precision error? Thanks in advance
•  » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 I had the exact same error on the same problem. Looking into the case, it seems like floating point precision is insufficient (i.e. the numbers appear the same when compared), so it cannot properly determine whether to pick k or k + 1 (explained in the tutorial).
•  » » » 2 years ago, # ^ |   0 Thanks jay_vish, it the problem of floating-point precision.
 » 23 months ago, # | ← Rev. 2 →   0 What's the meaning of "Trivial" in the explaination Of Problem 'C' in the editorial. Sorry if it's a dumb question but i don't know the meaning.
 » 23 months ago, # |   0 In Problem F dx_i is suppose to be always between 1 and 10^3. That's what is given in the problem.If that is true then why do we have negative dx_i in the examples itself ??Am I missing something ?
•  » » 23 months ago, # ^ |   0 Sorry it is the absolute value of dx, and not the actual value of dx.
 » 23 months ago, # |   0 In Problem F can someone please explain what is the meaning of : if it's possible to arrange a crash by choosing all ti Are we launching all the cars at the same time ? Or are you launching them all at different times ? What is the meaning of "choosing all ti" ??
 » 23 months ago, # |   0 can some one explain this part of problem ..how can we split the remaining jokers among the k-1 players by this way... (m — a1 + k — 2) // (k — 1)
•  » » 17 months ago, # ^ |   0 m is the total number of jokers. a1 is the number of jokers for the first hand.Subtract m — a1 you get the remaining jokers to distribute to the rest of the hand.The rest of the number of groups from the hand is k — 1.We then do ceil((m — a1) / (k — 1)) to get our answer.Adding k — 2 and then dividing k — 1 is the same as doing the ceiling.
 » 11 months ago, # |   0 How to solve problem B if tiles are rotatable? And is it even possible to solve it without a complete search?
 » 10 months ago, # |   0 Can somebody please help me with Question C. Since |tb-t| is a unimodular function we can apply ternary search and we have to find the lowest point. I have ternary searched over the total number of cups. Hot cups will be total/2 ceiling and the left will be cold cups; then i have calculated temp and applied ternary search but it is not working. Can somebody help.