Codex 18.0

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Can anyone please update the editorial of Codex 18.0 contest of 4th and 5th problem.

Thanks in advance

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4th can be done using stars and bars, 5th largest area under a histogram.

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I think codechef has added a feature for answering,maybe @abdullah768 u should u use that instead of comment section :slight_smile: XD

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Could you elaborate more on 4th problem.

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@abdullah768 I was approaching 5th question as largest area under histogram via segment tree. But I was unable to rectify that how to form parent node as we have to find minimum number of consecutive plates whose area is >=X.

Now comming to the 4th question I was stuck after I maintained an array 1-N which at ith index i stored how many k difference element can be chosen from there
Like for N=8 M=3 K=3
The array goes like :
5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0

Please help how to approach or is this a wrong way