PRODUCT - Editorial

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Contest Division 1
Contest Division 2
Contest Division 3
Contest Division 4

Setter: Lavish Gupta
Tester: Abhinav Sharma, Aryan
Editorialist: Lavish Gupta

DIFFICULTY:

Simple

PREREQUISITES:

None

PROBLEM:

Given two positive numbers B and C, what is the minimum positive value of A, such that A \cdot B is divisible by C.

Here, A \cdot B denotes the value obtained when A is multiplied by B.

EXPLANATION:

Let say A \cdot B = \lambda \cdot C, where \lambda \geq 1 and \lambda is an integer. We want to find out the minimum value of A such that the above equation holds.

A = \frac{\lambda \cdot C}{B}

To minimize A, we want to find out the minimum value of \lambda such that \frac{\lambda \cdot C}{B} is an integer. Let gcd(B, C) = g. So, we have C = c \cdot g and B = b \cdot g, where b and c are co-prime.

Substituting this back, we have A = \frac{\lambda \cdot c}{b} = \frac{\lambda}{b} \cdot c. The minimum value of \lambda such that \frac{\lambda}{b} is an integer is b. So we have A = c = \frac{C}{g}.

TIME COMPLEXITY:

O(1) for each test case.

SOLUTION:

Editorialist's Solution
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
using namespace std ;
ll gcd(ll a , ll b){ if(b > a) return gcd(b , a) ; if(b == 0) return a ; return gcd(b , a%b) ;}

int main()
{
    ll t;
    cin >> t ;
    while(t--)
    {
        int b , c ;
        cin >> b >> c ;
        cout << c/gcd(b,c) << '\n' ;
    }

    return 0;
}

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I have put the exact same solution here: CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone. Any reason why the second test case gives TLE for me ?

https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/59002335

what’s wrong in my solution please anyone help.

signed int overflow, use long long

why are you using int?? problem constraints says large data set (10^9) which suggests you to use long long. after using long long in your code it’s accepted. try yourself and see :slight_smile:

Bro try to take long long or unsigned long long for such cases make sure to properly look for the constraints mentioned in the question .

https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/58908516

why i am getting tle ???

no need to use long long…int can obviously store 10^9. just don’t do the unnecessary multiplication at the end… just do (b/t). it’ll work with int.

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worst-case time complexity: O(10^5 *10^9) which is 10^14.
Roughly 10^9 operations are possible in 1 sec.
Hence TLE.

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https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/58931365

Can anyone please help me to find the reason for the failure of my solution to the given test cases.

https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/59076262
I have tried with long long also instead of int but no change is there , it is showing error in test case-2.
what’s wrong in my solution please anyone help.

@lavish_adm This issue has been bugging me for quite sometime now, could you please help ? Original question was posted on the date of the contest. PRODUCT - Editorial - #2 by aelor

Lcm(b,c)/b is also the same thing , then why it is giving WA on this and accepting the answer for c/gcd(b,c)

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int t;
cin >>t;
while(t–)
{
int b,c;
cin>>b>>c;

    //   long long int a=(long long int)lcm(b,c);
      cout<<lcm(b,c)/b<<endl;
    
}

}

Hey!
In my second test case I am getting TLE problem.Please help me to fix this. I am a new to this coding world so my code may be very basic so applogize for that. I am able to understand the solution but I need to know what is wrong with my code .
https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/58965191