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Advent of Code
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--- Day 24: It Hangs in the Balance ---
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It's Christmas Eve, and Santa is loading up the sleigh for this year's
deliveries. However, there's one small problem: he can't get the sleigh to
balance. If it isn't balanced, he can't defy physics, and nobody gets
presents this year.
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No pressure.
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Santa has provided you a list of the weights of every package he needs to
fit on the sleigh. The packages need to be split into three groups of
exactly the same weight, and every package has to fit. The first group goes
in the passenger compartment of the sleigh, and the second and third go in
containers on either side. Only when all three groups weigh exactly the same
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amount will the sleigh be able to fly. Defying physics has rules, you know!
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Of course, that's not the only problem. The first group - the one going in
the passenger compartment - needs as few packages as possible so that Santa
has some legroom left over. It doesn't matter how many packages are in
either of the other two groups, so long as all of the groups weigh the same.
Furthermore, Santa tells you, if there are multiple ways to arrange the
packages such that the fewest possible are in the first group, you need to
choose the way where the first group has the smallest quantum entanglement
to reduce the chance of any "complications". The quantum entanglement of a
group of packages is the product of their weights, that is, the value you
get when you multiply their weights together. Only consider quantum
entanglement if the first group has the fewest possible number of packages
in it and all groups weigh the same amount.
For example, suppose you have ten packages with weights 1 through 5 and 7
through 11. For this situation, some of the unique first groups, their
quantum entanglements, and a way to divide the remaining packages are as
follows:
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Group 1; Group 2; Group 3
11 9 (QE= 99); 10 8 2; 7 5 4 3 1
10 9 1 (QE= 90); 11 7 2; 8 5 4 3
10 8 2 (QE=160); 11 9; 7 5 4 3 1
10 7 3 (QE=210); 11 9; 8 5 4 2 1
10 5 4 1 (QE=200); 11 9; 8 7 3 2
10 5 3 2 (QE=300); 11 9; 8 7 4 1
10 4 3 2 1 (QE=240); 11 9; 8 7 5
9 8 3 (QE=216); 11 7 2; 10 5 4 1
9 7 4 (QE=252); 11 8 1; 10 5 3 2
9 5 4 2 (QE=360); 11 8 1; 10 7 3
8 7 5 (QE=280); 11 9; 10 4 3 2 1
8 5 4 3 (QE=480); 11 9; 10 7 2 1
7 5 4 3 1 (QE=420); 11 9; 10 8 2
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Of these, although 10 9 1 has the smallest quantum entanglement (90), the
configuration with only two packages, 11 9, in the passenger compartment
gives Santa the most legroom and wins. In this situation, the quantum
entanglement for the ideal configuration is therefore 99. Had there been two
configurations with only two packages in the first group, the one with the
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smaller quantum entanglement would be chosen.
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What is the quantum entanglement of the first group of packages in the ideal
configuration?
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Your puzzle answer was 10439961859.
--- Part Two ---
That's weird... the sleigh still isn't balancing.
"Ho ho ho", Santa muses to himself. "I forgot the trunk".
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Balance the sleigh again, but this time, separate the packages into four
groups instead of three. The other constraints still apply.
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Given the example packages above, this would be some of the new unique first
groups, their quantum entanglements, and one way to divide the remaining
packages:
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11 4 (QE=44); 10 5; 9 3 2 1; 8 7
10 5 (QE=50); 11 4; 9 3 2 1; 8 7
9 5 1 (QE=45); 11 4; 10 3 2; 8 7
9 4 2 (QE=72); 11 3 1; 10 5; 8 7
9 3 2 1 (QE=54); 11 4; 10 5; 8 7
8 7 (QE=56); 11 4; 10 5; 9 3 2 1
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Of these, there are three arrangements that put the minimum (two) number of
packages in the first group: 11 4, 10 5, and 8 7. Of these, 11 4 has the
lowest quantum entanglement, and so it is selected.
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Now, what is the quantum entanglement of the first group of packages in the
ideal configuration?
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Your puzzle answer was 72050269.
Both parts of this puzzle are complete! They provide two gold stars: **
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