- Thoughts.
- This paragraph is a misunderstanding
- There is no benefit to moving something that is already even.
- Losses when odd numbers join even numbers.
- Does it make sense to move even numbers if it’s to open the way for them not to merge?
- I mistakenly thought it was moving the whole mountain, but it was “moving one piece.”
- then the largest solution is the one that once all the coins in the odd-numbered pile are removed and two coins are dealt in each of the zero squares
- You’re asked to output the steps, but they don’t have to be the shortest steps, just process them in order.
- This paragraph is a misunderstanding
- Official Explanation
- I see in the sample that “an even number of coins were placed” includes zero coins.
- Then we just move one from one odd-numbered pile to another odd-numbered pile.
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