CCC '21 S3 - Lunch Concert
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It's lunchtime at your school! Your  friends are all standing on a long field, as they usually
do. The field can be represented as a number line, with the 
 friend initially at position 
metres along it. The 
 friend is able to walk in either direction along the field at a rate of
one metre per 
 seconds, and their hearing is good enough to be able to hear music up to
and including 
 metres away from their position. Multiple students may occupy the same
positions on the field, both initially and after walking.
You're going to hold a little concert at some position  metres along the field (where 
 is any
integer of your choice), and text all of your friends about it. Once you do, each of them will
walk along the field for the minimum amount of time such that they end up being able to
hear your concert (in other words, such that each friend 
 ends up within 
 units of 
).
You'd like to choose  such that you minimize the sum of all 
 of your friends' walking
times. What is this minimum sum (in seconds)? Please note that the result might not fit
within a 
-bit integer.
Input Specification
The first line of input contains .
The next  lines contain three space-separated integers, 
, 
, and 
 
.
The following table shows how the available  marks are distributed.
| Subtask | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Output Specification
Output one integer which is the minimum possible sum of walking times (in seconds) for all
 of your friends to be able to hear your concert.
Sample Input 1
1
0 1000 0
Output for Sample Input 1
0
Explanation of Output for Sample Input 1
If you choose , your single friend won't need to walk at all to hear it.
Sample Input 2
2
10 4 3
20 4 2
Output for Sample Input 2
20
Explanation of Output for Sample Input 2
One possible optimal choice of  is 
, which would require your first friend to walk to
position 
 (taking 
 seconds) and your second friend to walk to position 
 (taking
 seconds), for a total of 
 seconds.
Sample Input 3
3
6 8 3
1 4 1
14 5 2
Output for Sample Input 3
43
Comments
OMG my friend Sam thought of a solution in 5s
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Unfortunately, your code is
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a = sorted(a, key=lambda x: x[0])I would recommend you to post it in the editorial instead of here
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because it is printing the wrong answer or taking too long to print the wrong answer.