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MINCOUNT - Move To Invert |
A triangle made of coins of height h is as follows:
- It has h coins at the base and h-1 coins one level above base and so on. (Coins are placed as shown in the figure below.)
- At the top-most level there will be only one coin.
Now given h, the task is to invert this triangle by moving the minimum number of coins.
For example when h=4 triangle is:
For h=4 at least 3 coins must be moved to invert it.
Input
In the first line N will be given and then N lines follow with each line having a integer which is the height of triangle in that test case. (0 ≤ h < 1010.)
Output
For each test case output in a separate line the minimum number of moves required to invert the triangle. Output fits in long long data type.
Example
Input: 1 3 Output: 2
Added by: | Abhilash I |
Date: | 2006-12-16 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: ERL JS-RHINO |
Resource: | IIIT Hyderabad Local Programming Contest |
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2011-05-21 15:59:03 nagesh
nice problem...:D Just simple mathematics!!! |
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2011-03-29 09:56:27 darryl
Just some math, watch out if h <= 2 |
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2011-03-26 01:48:36 Sushovan Sen
Ans for 100 is 1683 |
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2011-03-18 17:44:53 Nishit H Soni
hey!! for 100 ans is 1683..... please do not distract coders..... |
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2011-03-18 05:28:56 Pawan
@ premnath yes answer for 100 is 2451. |
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2011-03-11 09:33:24 Vipul Aggarwal
Please check the source code of id#4795530. Gives correct answer for all the test cases mentioned above including 10^10 on my comp. But shows WA here.Kindly help. |
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2010-12-14 20:04:37 .::Manish Kumar::.
Lesson: Sometimes simple problems cause big problems. |
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2010-11-19 17:03:23 Alexander
The correct result for h=10^10 *is* smaller than 2**64 but not smaller than 2**63, so use unsigned long long. Also make sure your intermediate calculations don't overflow. |
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2010-10-21 21:14:17 zingoba
isn't the correct answer for 10000000000 : 24999999995000000001? NO! Its not :) Last edit: 2010-11-08 20:52:24 |
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2010-08-14 05:28:47 premanandh_j
is the output fr 100 is 2451?... Last edit: 2010-08-14 05:56:35 |