ACPC10A - What’s Next
According to Wikipedia, an arithmetic progression (AP) is a sequence of numbers such that the difference of any two successive members of the sequence is a constant. For instance, the sequence 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 ... is an arithmetic progression with common difference 2. For this problem, we will limit ourselves to arithmetic progression whose common difference is a non-zero integer.
On the other hand, a geometric progression (GP) is a sequence of numbers where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed non-zero number called the common ratio. For example, the sequence 2, 6, 18, 54 ... is a geometric progression with common ratio 3. For this problem, we will limit ourselves to geometric progression whose common ratio is a non-zero integer.
Given three successive members of a sequence, you need to determine the type of the progression and the next successive member.
Input
Your program will be tested on one or more test cases. Each case is specified on a single line with three integers (−10, 000 < a1, a2, a3 < 10, 000) where a1, a2, and a3 are distinct.
The last case is followed by a line with three zeros.
Output
For each test case, you program must print a single line of the form:
XX v
where XX is either AP or GP depending if the given progression is an Arithmetic or Geometric Progression. v is the next member of the given sequence. All input cases are guaranteed to be either an arithmetic or geometric progressions.
Example
Input:
4 7 10
2 6 18
0 0 0
Output:
AP 13
GP 54
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Raj Kumar Chauhan:
2015-01-10 14:59:00
do we have to consider increasing decreasing series both? |
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Aseem Arora:
2015-01-06 23:46:59
I tried to submit the solution in both c and c++ but it shows an error everytime saying that these languages are only available in cube cluster .But if you see the all submissions page , there are accepted solutions written in these languages.I am confused by this . Can anyone please explain ? |
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Ravin:
2015-01-05 19:14:16
AP- difference is same
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Abhishek Naik:
2015-01-04 14:07:01
So how did Raman Nv submit the answer then? |
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Rahul:
2015-01-04 12:07:25
Same Problem occurred to me as well :"Pyramid Cluster is unavailable" |
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Abhishek Naik:
2015-01-04 09:30:50
As per SPOJ, its Pyramid cluster server is deprecated. In line with this, I'm unable to submit my solution since it is displaying "Pyramid Cluster is unavailable" message. How did the others get it submitted then? That too just a few days before? |
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Raman Nv:
2015-01-02 14:15:39
Finally got it after outputting as GP when x=y=z!! :'D |
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puts #{Jagpreet Singh Sasan}:
2014-12-07 08:52:32
why am i getting wrong answer???
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Deepak Thukral:
2014-12-06 13:47:28
4,2,1 : Next term should be 0.5 or 0.
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Deepak Thukral:
2014-12-06 12:43:24
If the series is both AP and GP, then what we should print the series AP or GP?
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Added by: | Omar ElAzazy |
Date: | 2010-11-30 |
Time limit: | 1.799s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: ASM64 |
Resource: | ACPC 2010 |