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Hack The Code

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Similar to the codeforces hacking pattern, we present you a contest with a set of problems and their bugged codes. Can you find the bug and hack the bugged codes ?

Prizes

First rank overall - Rs. 3000

Second rank overall -Rs. 2000

Third rank overall - Rs. 1000

Top two IIT Indore students, will get a prizes worth Rs. 1000.

Rules

  • The creator of this contest is solely responsible for setting and communicating the eligibility requirements associated with prizes awarded to participants, as well as for procurement and distribution of all prizes. The contest creator holds HackerRank harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, costs, awards, settlements, orders, or fines.
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  1. You have to provide a test case(hack) on which the given code fails for the problem statement.
  2. You will be submitting the hacks only in plain text.
  3. Provided hack should be within the range of the input constraints.
  4. Based on the provided hack you would be notified as "Accepted" if its right and "Processed" if its wrong(which means the given code runs correctly on that test case) or if input doesn't matches with the format given in the question or violates the input constraints.

Scoring

  1. There would be a total of 15 questions.
  2. Each question is worth 1 point.
  3. Time taken for a question is the time taken to get your first successful hack.
  4. On every "Unsuccessful Hack" there's a penalty of 20 min which will be added to your total time.
  5. Point 4 is also valid if the input does not follow the constraints mentioned in the question.
  6. Ties will be broken on the basis of total time taken in hacks.

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