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Solution to the logic puzzle
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use v6; | |
my $limit = 100; | |
# before they talk any X*Y where 1<X<Y<X+Y<$limit is allowed as p | |
my %products; | |
for 2 .. $limit -> $X { | |
for $X+1 .. $limit-$X -> $Y { | |
%products{$X * $Y}++; | |
} | |
} | |
# when P says "I don't know", only products with %products{$p} > 1 | |
# are allowed | |
my %sums_with_ambiguous_products; | |
for 2 .. $limit -> $X { | |
for $X ^.. $limit - $X -> $Y { | |
if %products{ $X * $Y } == 1 { | |
%sums_with_ambiguous_products{ $X + $Y } = 1; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
# when S says "I don't know", only sums that are not in | |
# %sums_with_ambiguous_products are allowed | |
my %products_that_cause_S_not_to_know; | |
for 2 .. $limit -> $s { | |
if !%sums_with_ambiguous_products{$s} { | |
for 2 .. $s/2 + 1 -> $X { | |
my $p = $X * ($s - $X); | |
if (%products{$p} // 0) > 1 { | |
%products_that_cause_S_not_to_know{$p}++; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
# only the products that can by split into two pairs (X,Y), where X+Y is | |
# allowed in only one way, are allowed. i.e., | |
# %products_that_cause_S_not_to_know{$p} == 1 | |
my %unambiguous_sums; | |
for 2 .. $limit -> $s { | |
next if %sums_with_ambiguous_products{$s}; | |
for 2 .. $s / 2 + 1 -> $X { | |
my $p = $X * ($s - $X); | |
if (%products_that_cause_S_not_to_know{$p} // 0) == 1 { | |
%unambiguous_sums{$s}++; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
for %unambiguous_sums.keys -> $s { | |
next unless %unambiguous_sums{$s} == 1; | |
for 2 .. $s / 2 + 1 -> $X { | |
my $Y = ($s - $X); | |
my $p = $X * ($s - $X); | |
if %products_that_cause_S_not_to_know{$p} == 1 { | |
say "(S, P) = ($s, $p), (X, Y) = ($X, $Y)"; | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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