Educational Codeforces Round 78 [Rated for Div. 2]
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Hello Codeforces!↵

On [contest_time:1278] [contest:1278] will start.↵

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This round will be **rated for the participants with rating lower than 2100**. It will be held on extended ICPC rules. The penalty for each incorrect submission until the submission with a full solution is 10 minutes. After the end of the contest you will have 12 hours to hack any solution you want. You will have access to copy any solution and test it locally.↵
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You will be given **6 problems** and **2 hours** to solve them.↵
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The problems were invented and prepared by Roman [user:Roms,2019-12-18] Glazov, Adilbek [user:adedalic,2019-12-18] Dalabaev, Vladimir [user:Vovuh,2019-12-18] Petrov, Ivan [user:BledDest,2019-12-18] Androsov, Maksim [user:Ne0n25,2019-12-18] Mescheryakov and me. Also huge thanks to Mike [user:MikeMirzayanov,2019-12-18] Mirzayanov for great systems Polygon and Codeforces.↵

Good luck to all the participants!↵

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Congratulations to the winners:↵
<table class='bordertable'>↵
<tbody>↵
<tr>↵
<th>Rank</th>↵
<th>Competitor</th>↵
<th>Problems Solved</th>↵
<th>Penalty</th>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>1</td>↵
<td>[user:HIR180, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>6</td>↵
<td>106</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>2</td>↵
<td>[user:neal, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>6</td>↵
<td>162</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>3</td>↵
<td>[user:receed, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>6</td>↵
<td>172</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>4</td>↵
<td>[user:Geothermal, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>6</td>↵
<td>174</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>5</td>↵
<td>[user:cerberus97, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>6</td>↵
<td>179</td>↵
</tr>↵
</tbody>↵
</table>↵


Congratulations to the best hackers:↵
<table class='bordertable'>↵
<tbody>↵
<tr>↵
<th>Rank</th>↵
<th>Competitor</th>↵
<th>Hack Count</th>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>1</td>↵
<td>[user:Akulyat, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td><b><font color="green">24</font></b></td></td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>2</td>↵
<td>[user:hoke_t, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td><b><font color="green">20</font></b></td></td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>3</td>↵
<td>[user:dhxh, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td><b><font color="green">18</font></b><b>:<font color="red">-1</font></b></td></td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>4</td>↵
<td>[user:SweetPrinces, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td><b><font color="green">14</font></b></td></td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>5</td>↵
<td>[user:WNG, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td><b><font color="green">13</font></b><b>:<font color="red">-1</font></b></td></td>↵
</tr>↵
</tbody>↵
</table>↵
255 successful hacks and 458 unsuccessful hacks were made in total!↵

And finally people who were the first to solve each problem:↵
<table class='bordertable'>↵
<tbody>↵
<tr>↵
<th>Problem</th>↵
<th>Competitor</th>↵
<th>Penalty</th>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>A</td>↵
<td>[user:Dalgerok, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>0:01</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>B</td>↵
<td>[user:neal, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>0:04</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>C</td>↵
<td>[user:HIR180, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>0:08</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>D</td>↵
<td>[user:__.__, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>0:17</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>E</td>↵
<td>[user:gxnncrx1993, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>0:20</td>↵
</tr>↵
<tr>↵
<td>F</td>↵
<td>[user:wxhtxdy, 2019-12-19]</td>↵
<td>0:07</td>↵
</tr>↵
</tbody>↵
</table>


**UPD:** [Editorial is out](https://codeforces.net/blog/entry/72330)

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en5 English awoo 2019-12-20 19:49:40 72
ru6 Russian awoo 2019-12-20 19:49:19 74
en4 English awoo 2019-12-20 19:29:48 230
ru5 Russian awoo 2019-12-20 19:29:33 230
en3 English awoo 2019-12-20 19:25:46 2653
ru4 Russian awoo 2019-12-20 19:25:30 2633
ru3 Russian Una_Shem 2019-12-18 19:18:14 1770
ru2 Russian Una_Shem 2019-12-18 18:18:36 0 (опубликовано)
en2 English Una_Shem 2019-12-18 18:04:45 1653 (published)
en1 English awoo 2019-12-18 17:02:04 1280 Initial revision for English translation (saved to drafts)
ru1 Russian awoo 2019-12-18 17:00:53 1396 Первая редакция (сохранено в черновиках)