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Cow Routing II

USACO · 2015 · January · bronze-2

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Cow Routing II: sample trace

The older official page gives this concrete sample for Cow Routing II. 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 output7 SOLUTION NOTES: Use route 2 to travel from city 1 to city 3, then route 1 to travel from city 3 to city 2.
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    Read the sample

    Use the official example for Cow Routing II as the concrete instance.
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    Follow the task relation

    Apply the exact rule in the official statement to the displayed values.
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    Check the result

    Verify that the final value matches the published expected output.
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