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#35 hmmt 2009 guts round
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i think the answer to the problem is 2\sqrt {e}-e,which rounds to 0.57916, not 0.57196 in the solution given.

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People have already pointed out errors in the Guts Round, so that is quite likely. However, for those types of problems, no official rigorous solutions are usually given.
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