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Problem Statement for "CutTheCube"

Problem Statement

There is a cuboid (a rectangular box) of dimensions L x B x H. Vivek and Jeel decided to play the game CUT THE CUBE.

In this game, the players make moves alternately and the player who cannot make a move loses. Vivek starts the game. Below we define a move.

A move consists of cutting a cuboid along the xy plane, the xz plane, or the yz plane (lengthwise, breadthwise or heightwise). The two new pieces must again have integer dimensions. Hence, a cut is only possible if the dimension that is being cut is still greater than 1.

Initially, there is only one cuboid, so Vivek must cut that one into two smaller pieces. Afterwards, Jeel must choose and cut one of those two pieces. Next, Vivek must cut one of the three cuboids he currently sees, and so on.

Find out who wins if they both play optimally. Return 1 if Vivek wins otherwise return 2.

Definition

Class:
CutTheCube
Method:
findWinner
Parameters:
int, int, int
Returns:
int
Method signature:
int findWinner(int L, int B, int H)
(be sure your method is public)

Constraints

  • L will be between 1 and 100,000, inclusive.
  • B will be between 1 and 100,000, inclusive.
  • H will be between 1 and 100,000, inclusive.

Examples

  1. 8

    7

    7

    Returns: 1

  2. 7

    10

    1

    Returns: 1

  3. 2

    10

    7

    Returns: 1

  4. 3

    1

    7

    Returns: 2

  5. 8

    7

    1

    Returns: 1

  6. 5

    6

    3

    Returns: 1

  7. 4

    5

    4

    Returns: 1

  8. 9

    6

    3

    Returns: 1

  9. 5

    2

    6

    Returns: 1

  10. 9

    3

    8

    Returns: 1

  11. 5

    9

    5

    Returns: 2

  12. 9

    2

    9

    Returns: 1

  13. 4

    8

    10

    Returns: 1

  14. 8

    4

    6

    Returns: 1

  15. 3

    6

    5

    Returns: 1

  16. 7

    6

    8

    Returns: 1

  17. 2

    6

    8

    Returns: 1

  18. 2

    4

    6

    Returns: 1

  19. 9

    1

    4

    Returns: 1

  20. 6

    4

    8

    Returns: 1

  21. 76

    52

    59

    Returns: 1

  22. 8

    20

    88

    Returns: 1

  23. 88

    87

    82

    Returns: 1

  24. 67

    44

    64

    Returns: 1

  25. 17

    95

    41

    Returns: 2

  26. 14

    10

    14

    Returns: 1

  27. 38

    93

    14

    Returns: 1

  28. 24

    70

    33

    Returns: 1

  29. 13

    96

    91

    Returns: 1

  30. 100

    68

    20

    Returns: 1

  31. 64

    59

    32

    Returns: 1

  32. 28

    99

    1

    Returns: 1

  33. 53

    19

    76

    Returns: 1

  34. 22

    37

    86

    Returns: 1

  35. 92

    90

    98

    Returns: 1

  36. 35

    58

    60

    Returns: 1

  37. 3

    68

    66

    Returns: 1

  38. 19

    40

    61

    Returns: 1

  39. 69

    56

    45

    Returns: 1

  40. 54

    26

    70

    Returns: 1

  41. 24

    70

    36

    Returns: 1

  42. 85

    59

    25

    Returns: 2

  43. 46

    44

    70

    Returns: 1

  44. 67

    18

    27

    Returns: 1

  45. 15

    10

    75

    Returns: 1

  46. 13

    43

    61

    Returns: 2

  47. 99

    79

    56

    Returns: 1

  48. 63

    49

    55

    Returns: 2

  49. 98

    12

    91

    Returns: 1

  50. 42

    73

    84

    Returns: 1

  51. 625

    354

    2

    Returns: 1

  52. 662

    32

    104

    Returns: 1

  53. 910

    507

    25

    Returns: 1

  54. 268

    181

    796

    Returns: 1

  55. 764

    545

    804

    Returns: 1

  56. 392

    969

    878

    Returns: 1

  57. 964

    351

    850

    Returns: 1

  58. 231

    585

    712

    Returns: 1

  59. 631

    836

    323

    Returns: 1

  60. 220

    584

    400

    Returns: 1

  61. 768

    568

    799

    Returns: 1

  62. 915

    616

    695

    Returns: 1

  63. 388

    921

    560

    Returns: 1

  64. 670

    126

    297

    Returns: 1

  65. 936

    479

    745

    Returns: 1

  66. 687

    381

    462

    Returns: 1

  67. 914

    35

    335

    Returns: 1

  68. 679

    253

    480

    Returns: 1

  69. 84

    182

    808

    Returns: 1

  70. 909

    595

    653

    Returns: 2

  71. 421

    383

    794

    Returns: 1

  72. 242

    332

    733

    Returns: 1

  73. 673

    246

    494

    Returns: 1

  74. 659

    709

    583

    Returns: 2

  75. 619

    80

    670

    Returns: 1

  76. 734

    693

    664

    Returns: 1

  77. 977

    202

    555

    Returns: 1

  78. 826

    566

    156

    Returns: 1

  79. 255

    482

    395

    Returns: 1

  80. 401

    72

    49

    Returns: 1

  81. 4015

    7179

    5057

    Returns: 2

  82. 5368

    7536

    8024

    Returns: 1

  83. 2496

    177

    7086

    Returns: 1

  84. 8689

    6976

    502

    Returns: 1

  85. 1485

    7661

    3471

    Returns: 2

  86. 3640

    375

    5235

    Returns: 1

  87. 9777

    729

    5448

    Returns: 1

  88. 6515

    8459

    9554

    Returns: 1

  89. 4960

    6718

    3033

    Returns: 1

  90. 1678

    3749

    5273

    Returns: 1

  91. 856

    9165

    9534

    Returns: 1

  92. 9615

    748

    2018

    Returns: 1

  93. 73

    6796

    4972

    Returns: 1

  94. 8598

    5333

    4866

    Returns: 1

  95. 2657

    3666

    2025

    Returns: 1

  96. 7032

    587

    5625

    Returns: 1

  97. 4236

    470

    2940

    Returns: 1

  98. 5852

    7978

    1370

    Returns: 1

  99. 298

    4003

    4389

    Returns: 1

  100. 5590

    3889

    731

    Returns: 1

  101. 72274

    1807

    46431

    Returns: 1

  102. 39011

    47816

    89200

    Returns: 1

  103. 75111

    47326

    35013

    Returns: 1

  104. 19605

    43919

    64052

    Returns: 1

  105. 53000

    68768

    69569

    Returns: 1

  106. 43872

    98760

    90376

    Returns: 1

  107. 62973

    73619

    95659

    Returns: 2

  108. 74933

    40374

    30640

    Returns: 1

  109. 59856

    49573

    81713

    Returns: 1

  110. 61934

    54086

    18827

    Returns: 1

  111. 47433

    14361

    91602

    Returns: 1

  112. 69610

    11277

    72018

    Returns: 1

  113. 97709

    33982

    62080

    Returns: 1

  114. 22602

    20932

    90579

    Returns: 1

  115. 29849

    7979

    19510

    Returns: 1

  116. 9836

    8609

    34287

    Returns: 1

  117. 88666

    55902

    15671

    Returns: 1

  118. 15366

    34934

    11154

    Returns: 1

  119. 81583

    13269

    66921

    Returns: 2

  120. 84806

    45742

    83090

    Returns: 1

  121. 95622

    90560

    95391

    Returns: 1

  122. 98372

    98637

    90841

    Returns: 1

  123. 98184

    95260

    97085

    Returns: 1

  124. 90030

    92383

    96353

    Returns: 1

  125. 96667

    96792

    97562

    Returns: 1

  126. 93137

    94771

    97867

    Returns: 2

  127. 91473

    96837

    97183

    Returns: 2

  128. 95762

    99057

    98178

    Returns: 1

  129. 98555

    96888

    98168

    Returns: 1

  130. 97536

    98505

    98992

    Returns: 1

  131. 97685

    96571

    94177

    Returns: 2

  132. 98849

    96639

    93065

    Returns: 2

  133. 90748

    91071

    91161

    Returns: 1

  134. 99032

    91337

    94557

    Returns: 1

  135. 99615

    92685

    97583

    Returns: 2

  136. 91023

    91336

    97102

    Returns: 1

  137. 92243

    91690

    97724

    Returns: 1

  138. 92366

    99343

    96543

    Returns: 1

  139. 91508

    94417

    95151

    Returns: 1

  140. 98294

    98586

    94965

    Returns: 1

  141. 94546

    94739

    94656

    Returns: 1

  142. 94630

    98027

    92994

    Returns: 1

  143. 99125

    93484

    98950

    Returns: 1

  144. 94569

    91170

    99709

    Returns: 1

  145. 96696

    97276

    90535

    Returns: 1

  146. 91275

    99739

    95834

    Returns: 1

  147. 98414

    96089

    94471

    Returns: 1

  148. 91200

    92510

    90306

    Returns: 1

  149. 90874

    93691

    98766

    Returns: 1

  150. 1

    1

    1

    Returns: 2

    Since all dimensions are 1, Vivek cannot make any move and Jeel wins immediately.

  151. 2

    1

    1

    Returns: 1

    In this case, Vivek can only cut the cuboid lengthwise. After this move Jeel will end up with two 1x1x1 cubes which cannot be cut further. Hence Vivek wins.

  152. 2

    2

    1

    Returns: 1

  153. 97931

    95210

    92383

    Returns: 1

  154. 100000

    100000

    100000

    Returns: 1

  155. 3

    3

    3

    Returns: 2

  156. 43242

    43434

    33333

    Returns: 1

  157. 3

    1

    1

    Returns: 2

  158. 3

    3

    8

    Returns: 1

  159. 99998

    99998

    99999

    Returns: 1

  160. 2

    2

    3

    Returns: 1

  161. 99999

    99999

    99999

    Returns: 2

  162. 4

    4

    1

    Returns: 1

  163. 3

    3

    1

    Returns: 2

  164. 5

    1

    1

    Returns: 2

  165. 1

    3

    3

    Returns: 2

  166. 3

    2

    2

    Returns: 1

  167. 1

    1

    3

    Returns: 2

  168. 2

    2

    2

    Returns: 1

  169. 1

    4

    4

    Returns: 1

  170. 3

    3

    2

    Returns: 1

  171. 3

    5

    7

    Returns: 2

  172. 5

    5

    5

    Returns: 2

  173. 1

    1

    2

    Returns: 1

  174. 5

    5

    3

    Returns: 2

  175. 2565

    8995

    7803

    Returns: 2

  176. 2

    1

    2

    Returns: 1

  177. 3

    2

    1

    Returns: 1

  178. 4

    2

    1

    Returns: 1

  179. 3

    4

    4

    Returns: 1

  180. 199

    199

    199

    Returns: 2


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