My 2015 Mercer Solutions/Data


Mercer never posted the data for this contest, but one of our coaches had a copy of what were likely the test files used in the contest. I have uploaded these here so students have some test files. I have solved problems 1 - 11 and 15. During the contest, the coach who made problem 14 determined that his output was not necessarily correct for big cases, so in terms of the problem as stated, we can't use the test data from the contest, since it was just the sample. (This is also true of #11.) I assume the data for #12 is fine, but I haven't solved this one yet. Finally, I have a solution for #13, but have no data to test it on, so I am not posting that solution. These solutions are mine and not the official ones from the contest. Also, it's possible that the data used during the contest is somewhat different than this data as it's possible that some changes were made to the data in the contest.

Here is the problem set.
Problem Solution Input Output
Cherry Blossom Counting prob1.java prob1_in.txt prob1_out.txt
Snowpocalypse prob2.java prob2_in.txt prob2_out.txt
Fizzy Buzzy Bears prob3.java prob3_in.txt prob3_out.txt
Find your Easter Bunny Name prob4.java prob4_in.txt prob4_out.txt
Triathalon prob5.java prob5_in.txt prob5_out.txt
Juggler's Fallacy prob6.java prob6_in.txt prob6_out.txt
Downhill Marble Labyrinth prob7.java prob7_in.txt prob7_out.txt
Snake Game prob8.java prob8_in.txt prob8_out.txt
Tree Planting prob9.java prob9_in.txt prob9_out.txt
Sum of Squares prob10.java prob10_in.txt prob10_out.txt
Elliptical Reflections prob11.java prob11_in.txt prob11_out.txt
Fun with Fortran IV prob12_in.txt prob12_out.txt
Planet Survey prob15.java prob15_in.txt prob15_out.txt