i tried to solve this problem in the contest time but it gave me a WA . today i try to understand why my answer is wrong .i used an accepted code and try some test cases ... one of them was :

so it locks like :

and the the fences should (i think) be like :

so my answer is 5 ... but the Accepted code output is 3 !

i can't understand how to but only 3 fences to prevent the snakes communicate with each other . can any one explain this problem to me ?

thanks in advance .

UP : the optimal solution for the above sample :

Thanks :)