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Cities and States

USACO · 2016 · December · silver-2

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Cities and States: sample trace

Trace this official sample for Cities and States: use the task rules to map the shown input to the expected output.

Published input6 MIAMI FL DALLAS TX FLINT MI CLEMSON SC BOSTON MA ORLANDO FLmodelAlgorithm ideaApply the task rule to this published instance, preserving the relationships defined by the statement.task resultExpected output1
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    Check the result

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