[Question] Mathematics × Programming Competition #5 [問題] 數學 × 程式編寫比賽 (第五回)

[kenchung]

Mathematics × Programming Competition #5

^{Designed by @nicolemoker}

26/8/2017 UTC 17:00 - 2/9/2017 UTC 17:00

For Chinese version please scroll to the bottom. 中文版請見文末。

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Question

Complete the 4 × 4 puzzle above using the numbers 1 to 16 without repetition, subject to the following constraints:

1. A, B, J, K can only be filled with the numbers 2, 4, 6 or 8
2. E + F = 26
3. K + O = 9
4. B + K = 14
5. A + L = 9
6. C + I = 25
7. A + G = 13
8. C + P = 24
9. B + M = 9
10. A + K = 12
11. D + E = 25
12. | E - N | = 4

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Answer submission

Please submit your answer through this link. Type your answer as a list of numbers from A to P separated by commas, for example “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16”.

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Rules

• This competition will last for 7 days. After that, no more submission will be accepted.
• Participants who submit the answer as a comment below this post will be disqualified.
• Participants can submit an unlimited number of solutions, however only the latest answer will be considered.
• You have to upvote this post in order to be eligible for the competition.

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Prizes

• Prize pool balance carried forward = 0 SBD
• SBD payout of this post will be added to the prize pool.
• The first 3 participants plus 5 randomly chosen participants who gave the correct numerical answer will share the prize pool equally. Thanks to @steemstem who kindly sponsored this competition, the first, second and third participants who gave the correct numerical answer will get additional 7.5, 5 and 2.5 Steem respectively!
• Those who resteemed this post will have 400% higher chance to win in the lucky draw!
• If not all prizes are given out, they will be accumulated for the next competition.
• @kenchung reserves all the rights to disqualify any suspected cheating players and to decide the distribution of prizes among the winner(s).

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數學 × 程式編寫比賽 (第五回)

^{Designed by @nicolemoker}

26/8/2017 UTC 17:00 - 2/9/2017 UTC 17:00

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問題

以1至16完成以上之4 × 4 拼圖，數字不能重覆，並需符合以下限制：

1. A, B, J, K 只可由 2, 4, 6, 8 四個數字填上
2. E + F = 26
3. K + O = 9
4. B + K = 14
5. A + L = 9
6. C + I = 25
7. A + G = 13
8. C + P = 24
9. B + M = 9
10. A + K = 12
11. D + E = 25
12. | E - N | = 4

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答案提交

請經此連結提交答案。請將你的答案由A至P順序列出並以逗號分隔，例如 “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16”。

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規則

• 此比賽為時7天，其後將不會再接受新答案。
• 嚴禁在回覆公開答案，否則將被取消資格。
• 參加者可以重覆提交答案，但比賽終結時只會考慮最後提交的答案。
• 你必須upvote此帖方能參加比賽。

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獎品

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Comments

[justyy]

voted, resteeeeemed and correct answer submitted... like last time :P

[kenchung]

wish that you can win again! :P

[justyy]

Solution: https://steemit.com/cn/@justyy/bruteforce-solution-to-mathematics-programming-competition-5

[kenchung]

Great, I will include your answer in my next post! Thanks :)

[firstamendment]

Did it by hand (or at least I think I did), but I wonder if taking the time to write out code and executing it would have been quicker. naturally for loops tend to be wasteful, but there are ways to optimize it using the rules.

[tzs]

Same. I solved it manually in a few minutes. This question is not challenging at all.

[kenchung]

wow that's really quick!

[whd]

I will give you a little hint about tools you should use. Take a look on prolog programming language which is great for constraint logic programming :)

[nomanijaz]

Excellent post..

[jamhuery]

Is it Valid Number ?

[firstamendment]

the answer is looking for a list of numbers separated by commas. So, yes, it is a [list of] valid number[s]. Not sure if you need quotes or not.

[ionlysaymeep]

meep

[firstamendment]

@ionlysaymeep you can only leave your answer through the link, do not post your answer here even if it is meep which isn't a valid number.

[ionlysaymeep]

meep

[yenipaola]

Excellent contest, and send my answer, @kenchung

[kenchung]

great, thanks for joining!

[yenipaola]

I hope to stay in the finalists, the numbers are my passion @kenchung

[tking77798]

Submitted. Hope I got it right this time!

[kenchung]

Thanks for joining!

[ratticus]

Nice and relatively simple logic puzzle. Entered and upvoted

[kenchung]

great!

[ghyassine]

Follow me and upvote my post , why ? because i'll do the same

https://steemit.com/life/@ghyassine/follow-me-and-upvote-my-post-why-because-i-ll-do-the-same

[pizzachain]

| E - N |

What does that mean??? Is it just normal E - N or what else could it mean???

[kenchung]

that's the absolute sign, a mathematical symbol

[pizzachain]

that is?

[kenchung]

it turns negative values to positive. e.g. | -2 | = 2, | 3 | = 3
for more properties of this function you may try to google it

[pizzachain]

Ahhhh Thanks!

[cauchycauchy]

Thank you for the contest! Since I graduated a year ago I don't do many logical thinking problems anymore so this was super fun for me! 😊

[kenchung]

glad that you enjoy it! :)

[alanman]

Someone got it done in minutes?? Not me. Took me about an hour or two.

Submitted answer, upvoted, and resteemed. :)

[kenchung]

ye I dun think I can do this in minutes too! Never mind the good news is you still got the answer eventually :)

[armandocat]

I solved the problem using prolog 😼
Happy to provide the code once the competition ends!
Submitted answer, upvoted, and resteemed.

🐾

[kenchung]

great, please do provide your code after the competition ends! I have heard of prolog but forgot how to write already haha

[armandocat]

Hi, I posted my prolog solution to the problem as promised 😼
https://steemit.com/contest/@armandocat/mathematics-programming-competition-5-prolog-solution

Hope you like it! If you can, please help spread my post to others. I'd like to do this even for future contents if you think this could be a good idea for the people that read and try out these problems.

Thanks
Armando
🐾

[kenchung]

Great thanks! I will include your solution in my next post. A very well-written post!

[misalen]

Love mathematics and problems. Glad that I come across that post. Excellent idea. After like a 15 minutes I participated. :D

Greetings from Turkey!!

[kenchung]

Hi there! :) So glad to see this competition has reached the other side of the world haha
Best of luck, wish you can win!