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St Michael Coding School

At St. Michael Coding school, there are N × K classes, divided into K catagories of N classes each. The day begins with all the category 1 classes being taught simultaneously. These all end at the same time, and then all the category 2 classes are taught, etc. Fred has to take exactly one class in each category. His goal is to choose the set of classes that will minimize the amount of ``energy'' r

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