Eyepatch and Lost Powers Editorial (LSTPWR)

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Author: ponder
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Difficulty:

Beginner

Problem:

Given an array if we can reduce an element of an array by the amount of its index, check if it is possible to make the sum of array 0.

Explanation:

As we can only reduce the sum if the initial sum is less than 0 then the answer is NO.

We can reduce value of a[i] by i and the range of i is from 1 .... n. If we observe carefully, it is always possible to make the sum in between 1 ...... n * (n + 1)/2 by taking a combination of N indices.

Consider it line this to make sum N + 1 we will add 1 to N.
for N + 2 we will add 2 to N.
and lastly for N * (N + 1)/2 we will add all 1, 2, .... N.

Hence if sum is \geq 0 and \leq N * (n + 1)/2 then answer will be YES.

SOLUTION:

Setter's Solution

void solve() {
  int n; 
  cin >> n;
  vl characterstics(n); 
  ipARR(characterstics,n);

  ll curr_sum = 0;
  FOR(i,n) curr_sum += characterstics[i];

  ll sum_till_touka_can_recover = (ll)(n*(n+1))/2;

  if(curr_sum >= 0 && curr_sum <= sum_till_touka_can_recover) cout << "YES\n";
  else cout << "NO\n";
}
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for _ in range(int(input())):
n = int(input())
s = sum(list(map(int, input().split())))
n = (n*(n+1))//2
print(β€œYES” if s >= 0 and s<=n else β€œNO”)