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小明到X山洞探险,捡到一本有破损的武功秘籍(2000多页!当然是伪造的)。
他注意到:书的第10页和第11页在同一张纸上,但第11页和第12页不在同一张纸上。
小明只想练习该书的第81页到第92页的武功,又不想带着整本书。请问他至少要撕下多少张纸带走?
Idea and code
Idea:
According to page 10-11, even number starts with odd number ends with one page.
So 80 and 81 are pages, 92-93 are pages,
so 82-91 are 5 pages.
So solve the case: 7 pages. I
don’t even want to write code.
def solve(m, n):
num = 0
if m % 2 == 0:
if n % 2 == 0:
num = (n - m) / 2 + 1
else:
num = (n - m + 1) / 2 + 1
elif m % 2 != 0:
if n % 2 == 0:
num = (n - m + 1) / 2 + 1
else:
num = (n - m) / 2 + 1
return num
print(solve(81, 92))