Problem 74 Clock Hands
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Admin,
I received the test data set as follows: 5 11:16 3:4 9:55 9:3 12:53
Should those times be interpreted as:
{11:16, 3:40, 9:55, 9:30, 12:53} or as:
{11:16, 3:04, 9:55, 9:03, 12:53}?
Thanks!
Ow, what a nasty thing!
Matthew, thanks a lot for reporting this. I'll try at once to take care of this problem - times should be presented in less ambigous way, I think!
UPD Hope this is fixed now (hours and minutes should have leading zeroes if necessary).
Thanks a lot once more. I'm surprised no one reported this before though this problem exists for more than half a year already :)
Admin,
I have a "correct" solution according to the checker, but your problem definition states:
Answer should contain four real numbers for each test case - X and Y coordinates for hour hand, then X and Y coordinate for minute hand. All values should be simply separated with spaces.
But your sample output shows 4-tuples in the form of (hourY, hourX, minuteY, minuteX). I've confirmed the checker accepts that form as well.
Thanks!