Discussion @ 1427. SMS @ Timus Online Judge

Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?

Posted by !r0m@N 11 Feb 2006 13:39

Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?
text in the exemple consists of 88 bytes...so the anwer must be 9

Re: Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?

Posted by Virtuozi 11 Feb 2006 13:42

i don't know!!! recount!!!

Re: Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?

Posted by !r0m@N 11 Feb 2006 13:49

if you want to send sms that consists of 88 simbols and in 1 sms fragment = 10 so you must send 9 fragmens, isn't it?

Re: Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?

Posted by Thomas Tham 11 Feb 2006 14:01

the answer is 8

Re: Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?

Posted by !r0m@N 11 Feb 2006 14:09

why?
please tell me why.

Re: Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?

Posted by UXMRI: Sergey Baskakov, Raphail Akhmedisheff and Denis Nikonorov 11 Feb 2006 14:20

The message can be divided into Short Messages as follows:
1=On_the_11-
2=th_of_February
3=,_2006_the
4=contest_"
5=Timus_Top_Coder
6=s:_First_C
7=hallenge"_
8=is_held!
Total: 8 SMS!

Re: Why the answer on the exemple is 8 and not 9 ?

Posted by !r0m@N 11 Feb 2006 14:23

o...thank you....but i have just understood it myself..%)

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