Problem 1068. Guess the Coefficients!

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bainhome on 21 Jun 2018

Used to thought this function was banned. never went to that direction. nice touch!

J. S. Kowontan on 21 Jun 2018

@Bainhome, Cody banned the reverse of this function because it could be used as a cheat to unfairly reduce Cody score. I do believe the function used cannot be in such manner...so it is not banned and free for your use. Enjoy!. :)

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Tim on 7 Dec 2012

This only works for coefficients<100.

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