! Copyright (c) 2008 Eric Mertens. ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license. USING: kernel math ranges sequences project-euler.common ; IN: project-euler.116 ! http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=116 ! DESCRIPTION ! ----------- ! A row of five black square tiles is to have a number of its tiles replaced ! with colored oblong tiles chosen from red (length two), green (length ! three), or blue (length four). ! If red tiles are chosen there are exactly seven ways this can be done. ! If green tiles are chosen there are three ways. ! And if blue tiles are chosen there are two ways. ! Assuming that colors cannot be mixed there are 7 + 3 + 2 = 12 ways of ! replacing the black tiles in a row measuring five units in length. ! How many different ways can the black tiles in a row measuring fifty units in ! length be replaced if colors cannot be mixed and at least one coloured tile ! must be used? ! SOLUTION ! -------- ! This solution uses a simple dynamic programming approach using the ! following recurence relation ! ways(n,_) = 0 | n < 0 ! ways(0,_) = 1 ! ways(n,i) = ways(n-i,i) + ways(n-1,i) ! solution(n) = ways(n,1) - 1 + ways(n,2) - 1 + ways(n,3) - 1 : euler116 ( -- answer ) 50 (euler116) ; ! [ euler116 ] 100 ave-time ! 0 ms ave run time - 0.34 SD (100 trials) SOLUTION: euler116