Waterloo ACM Contests - Clarifications

Problem	Clarification
General	Are problems sorted according to difficulty? No.
General	Non of the questions have a constraint for the number of test cases, How should we deal with it Process as many test cases as there are in the input.
E - E The Flood	If we have a grid 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 and an ocean elevation of 1, will it cover the 1 in the middle or has to be connected to the ocean? No response.
D - D Vampires!	How many test cases does the problem have? Process as many test cases as there are in the input.
E - E The Flood	Why isn't the answer for test case 2 just 1 feet? It seems like the cell in the middle is disconnected when there is 1 feet of elevation No response.
D - D Vampires!	Will the number of vampires ever be zero? No response.
B - B Jack of All Trades	when it says that Jack "limits the number of other people involved in a chain of transactions to 9", does this only involve distinct people? also does the number 9 include Jack? No response.
E - E The Flood	If you are coding in Java, does the main class need a specific name? The filename and class name must match the problem letter, for example A.java and "class A { ... }"
General	Can we assume input is from standard input line? Yes.
General	does the main class in java need a specific name The filename and class name must match the problem letter, for example A.java and "class A { ... }"
B - B Jack of All Trades	Can we have a negative cycle in this question? Like a cycle that always reduces the rate? If so, what should be the ouptut? No response.
E - E The Flood	What is the maximum number of test cases in a test set in this problem? Process as many test cases as there are in the input.
General	What is the Python version? Type "python3" on the command line to see your local version. Our grader uses 3.10.6 or 2.7.18.
B - B Jack of All Trades	What should we print if the answer is 123000? Should it be 123000.0 or 123000? No response.
B - B Jack of All Trades	Is it guaranteed that Jack can always get the item he wants? Yes.
C - C Have You Driven a Fjord Lately?	A few clarifications: Are all of the fjords' start and end points on the same axis? Can bridges be built that have non-integer value lengths? For example, a bridge that spans a distance of 5.5, that uses 6 metres. No response.
A - A The Worm Turns	How does Winston choose whether to turn left or right? No response.
D - D Vampires!	Can there be a vampire and a mortal at the same grid square? No response.
D - D Vampires!	Can there be a vampire and a mortal at the same grid square? No response.
B - B Jack of All Trades	what does 5 significant digits mean? No response.
C - C Have You Driven a Fjord Lately?	Should we round the length of bridge used for this question (I know we must round the total savings but I'm not sure if we're allowed to leave bridge length) No response.
General	are we allowed to open c++ reference? You can open any of the references entry under the menu entry Applications -> Programming -> Documents on the lab machines.
C - C Have You Driven a Fjord Lately?	If we save precisely 1 meter, should we write "1 meter" or "1 meters"? 1 meters
B - B Jack of All Trades	When the question states that the number of people involved in a chain is limited to 9, does that mean length of a given chain is limited to 9, or the number of distinct people in a chain is limited to 9? No response.
B - B Jack of All Trades	How do we define "significant digits" since the sample output gives 4 digits after the decimal point in Case 1 No response.
General	what is presentation error You answer is correct except for whitespace.
B - B Jack of All Trades	Will there ever be a cycle? What if there is one with positive ratio? No response.
B - B Jack of All Trades	what counts as 2 different ways? No response.
General	Where is the post-contest discussion and pizza? MC 4045 (south hallway of 4th floor, which is not the usual room)

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