USACO 2023 February Contest, Silver Problem 1. Bakery

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#1

Hello,

Link to problem: USACO
Link to solution: Contest Results

on this line of code for solution:
lx = max(lx, (-c + b * d + (b - a - 1)) // (b - a))

shouldn’t this be lx = max(lx, (-c + b * d) // (b - a)) ?

How did they derive (b - a - 1)? I’m confused

Thanks

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#2

Ceiling division: Is there a ceiling equivalent of // operator in Python? - Stack Overflow

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#3

thanks!
i’ll post my solution with comments so other people know

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