adventofcode/day03/problem
Brian Buller 2dfe2f4b2f Day 3 Complete
Also clean up some of the problem files
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Advent of Code
--- Day 3: Squares With Three Sides ---
Now that you can think clearly, you move deeper into the labyrinth of hallways and office
furniture that makes up this part of Easter Bunny HQ. This must be a graphic design
department; the walls are covered in specifications for triangles.
Or are they?
The design document gives the side lengths of each triangle it describes, but... 5 10 25? Some
of these aren't triangles. You can't help but mark the impossible ones.
In a valid triangle, the sum of any two sides must be larger than the remaining side. For
example, the "triangle" given above is impossible, because 5 + 10 is not larger than 25.
In your puzzle input, how many of the listed triangles are possible?
Your puzzle answer was 869.
The first half of this puzzle is complete! It provides one gold star: *
--- Part Two ---
Now that you've helpfully marked up their design documents, it occurs to you that triangles
are specified in groups of three vertically. Each set of three numbers in a column specifies a
triangle. Rows are unrelated.
For example, given the following specification, numbers with the same hundreds digit would be
part of the same triangle:
101 301 501
102 302 502
103 303 503
201 401 601
202 402 602
203 403 603
In your puzzle input, and instead reading by columns, how many of the listed triangles are
possible?
Although it hasn't changed, you can still get your puzzle input.
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