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diff --git a/2015/11/puzzle-2 b/2015/11/puzzle-2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..444ce35 --- /dev/null +++ b/2015/11/puzzle-2 @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +This continues from the last puzzle, so our starting string is "hepxxyzz" + +Following the theme of the previous puzzle, we want to create an "xxyzz" pattern in the lowest +amount of increments possible. Since the string currently ends in "xxyzz", we know that the next +possible value we could have that satisfies this property is "aabcc". In order to go from "xxyzz" to +"aabcc" however, you need to overflow which would increment the "p" to a "q". This gives an end +result of "heqaabcc". + +QED. |