Editorial for JDCC '15 Contest 2 P1 - Lifting Weights - MCPT: Mackenzie Competitive Programming Team

Editorial for JDCC '15 Contest 2 P1 - Lifting Weights

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The amount of weight that Lily can lift grows linearly. This means that we can develop a linear equation of how much she is able to lift in the form of:

$y = Bx + A$ ~y = Bx + A~

Where $B$ ~B~ is how much more she can lift every week, and $A$ ~A~ is how much she can lift at the start.

The only trick to this problem is to note that we don't add $B$ ~B~ to the amount she can lift $N$ ~N~ times, as Lily's doesn't get stronger until the second week. So, we have $x = N - 1$ ~x = N - 1~.

The final output for each test case is $B \times (N - 1) + A$ ~B \times (N - 1) + A~.

Time Complexity: $\mathcal{O}(1)$ ~\mathcal{O}(1)~

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