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Cow Routing: sample trace
The older official page gives this concrete sample for Cow Routing. Follow the task rules from these input values to the expected result.
Published input1 2 3
3 3
3 2 1
4 4
2 1 4 3
8 5
4 1 7 8 2modelAlgorithm ideaApply the task rule to this published instance, preserving the relationships defined by the statement.task resultExpected output8
SOLUTION NOTES:
Although there is a cheaper two-route solution (use route 2 to travel
from city 1 to city 3, then route 1 to travel from city 3 to city 2),
Bessie is only allowed to use a single route, so she must use route 3
at a cost of 8.
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Read the sample
Use the official example for Cow Routing as the concrete instance. - 2
Follow the task relation
Apply the exact rule in the official statement to the displayed values. - 3
Check the result
Verify that the final value matches the published expected output.
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