R.A. MacDonald wrote: > As long as we're confessing our Project Euler frustrations, for #151. I > only seem to get the same number of A5 sheets for all possible ways of > cutting. Can some one show me two ways of cutting that result in > different numbers of A5's? My theory is that I'm misreading the > question somehow. Perhaps the examples will show me how I'm misreading. >
All ways of cutting ultimately result in the 16 sheets of A5 paper needed for the 16 jobs (NB. job=batch, possibly confusingly). I suspect that you are ignoring the phrase "At the beginning of each subsequent batch". Best wishes, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
