## Problem 637

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vamsikal3
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### Problem 637

Just want to check my understanding of the problem. Given n = 99999 (base 10), then (assuming this is the shortest path)

99999 (base 10) -> (9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 9) (base 10) = 45 (base 10) -> (4 + 5) (base 10) = 9 (base 10).

So, f(99999, 10) = 2. Am I correct?
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thomas_schmidt
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### Re: Problem 637

Yes, you are correct!
Trying to learn some Mathematics and Scala.

Cot-O-Bus
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### Re: Problem 637

Correct sequence, should looks like:

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99999=>
1. 9999+9=10008=>
2. 1+8 => 9

and f(99999,10)=2
Last edited by Cot-O-Bus on Mon Oct 01, 2018 6:07 pm, edited 3 times in total.

DJohn
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### Re: Problem 637

I don't understand where you think the problem is. No one has made any claims about f(10211914,10), and the problem statement does not give any algorithm.

With

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1. 1+0+2+1+1+91+4 = 100 =>
2. 1+0+0 = 1
you've shown that f(10211914,10) <= 2. But then where do you get
10211914 -9*floor(10211914/9) = 1
There's no mention of division or multiplication. You can only split the base-B representation of a number into chunks, and add those chunks together.