Canadian Computing Competition: 2021 Stage 1, Senior #3
It's lunchtime at your school! Your
friends are all standing on a long field, as they usually
do. The field can be represented as a number line, with the
friend initially at position
metres along it. The
friend is able to walk in either direction along the field at a rate of
one metre per
seconds, and their hearing is good enough to be able to hear music up to
and including
metres away from their position. Multiple students may occupy the same
positions on the field, both initially and after walking.
You're going to hold a little concert at some position
metres along the field (where
is any
integer of your choice), and text all of your friends about it. Once you do, each of them will
walk along the field for the minimum amount of time such that they end up being able to
hear your concert (in other words, such that each friend
ends up within
units of
).
You'd like to choose
such that you minimize the sum of all
of your friends' walking
times. What is this minimum sum (in seconds)? Please note that the result might not fit
within a
-bit integer.
Input Specification
The first line of input contains
.
The next
lines contain three space-separated integers,
,
, and
.
The following table shows how the available
marks are distributed.
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marks |
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marks |
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marks |
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Output Specification
Output one integer which is the minimum possible sum of walking times (in seconds) for all
of your friends to be able to hear your concert.
Sample Input 1
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1
0 1000 0
Output for Sample Input 1
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0
Explanation of Output for Sample Input 1
If you choose
, your single friend won't need to walk at all to hear it.
Sample Input 2
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2
10 4 3
20 4 2
Output for Sample Input 2
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20
Explanation of Output for Sample Input 2
One possible optimal choice of
is
, which would require your first friend to walk to
position
(taking
seconds) and your second friend to walk to position
(taking
seconds), for a total of
seconds.
Sample Input 3
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3
6 8 3
1 4 1
14 5 2
Output for Sample Input 3
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43
Comments
OMG my friend Sam thought of a solution in 5s
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Unfortunately, your code is
because of
a = sorted(a, key=lambda x: x[0])
I would recommend you to post it in the editorial instead of here
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because it is printing the wrong answer or taking too long to print the wrong answer.