Discussion @ 1023. Buttons @ Timus Online Judge

Is it impossible that output the "0"?

Posted by XiangGuangTe 17 Apr 2004 11:45

K - 1 always guarantees win to second player.

Posted by TECTOBOP 17 Apr 2004 16:18

Re: K - 1 always guarantees win to second player.

Posted by Vovka 22 Oct 2004 16:07

No, because for example k=2, answer l=1 doesn't satisfy condition 2<=l<k

Re: K - 1 always guarantees win to second player.

Posted by Gleb Grenkin 15 Aug 2005 10:05

To Vovka:

Look at problem constraints:
K >= 3.

Re: Is it impossible that output the "0"?

Posted by LiuKe 12 Jun 2007 15:41

I think so.
Because N-1 could always be the right answer,but I don't know why I got wa #11

Re: Is it impossible that output the "0"?

Posted by AlexF [USTU] 12 Jun 2007 18:28

n-1 is the right answer, but the task want you to choose the minimal from all the answers

Re: Is it impossible that output the "0"?

Posted by shirin 9 Aug 2011 03:56

thanx!

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