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Oftentimes problems are hard, being able to come up with a useful heuristic (in this case greedy + fixer) is probably the most valuable thing one can do. Most m
by ivalm 5y ago
Oftentimes problems are hard, being able to come up with a useful heuristic (in this case greedy + fixer) is probably the most valuable thing one can do. Most math problems in real life aren’t solvable, you have to learn to approximate/bootstrap your way through.
- quacked 5y agoWhich I agree is an extremely useful skill to have, but I wouldn't call this problem "bootstrapping", I'd call it "a trick question". If the question had asked "provide a general solution to get you pretty close to the answer", I'd retract my criticism.
- noduerme 5y agoWrite an essay on what the logic was to get you there - sure! I wish math classes were always taught that way!