Problem proposal
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Soon we will be in the run-up to Christmas, so naturally I have submitted a problem proposal about Easter egg colours. Rodion, you've got mail.
Mathias, Hi!
The problem E2C2S - try harder! is ready, thanks for it and for cooperation!
I'm a bit sorry for while modifying the code I got a glimpse to approach, but this anyway requires me to study a bit until I can try to solve it :)
Mathias, Thanks for this nice little problem. I found it very interesting. It is a pity that all of the answers are so close together but that clearly isn't an issue for people solving the problem. They only need to miss by one!
Hi Clive, you are absolutely right. I wrote earlier to Rodion: "You will notice that the results all look very similar - that is okay and it's even intended for people to think about why that is and how that could be exploited."
For future challenges, an LCG with larger parameters might well be used. :)
Mathias, thanks, looking into it!
UPD: problem is ready, thanks once more! As I added few lines of code for verifying the answer, I ask you please to review / test it if possible.
UPD2: and thanks to Vladimir for seemingly testing the problem and confirming it works at least sometimes :) Sorry for delays from my side, please.
Thanks Rodion. Good to see the checker code and how it works for problems where different answers are possible. The problem is clearly on the easy side ...