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Problem 1

In a box, you have some candies of N flavours. For each flavour i you know the number of candies A[i] having that flavour. You can match two candies of the same flavour to make a pair, but not two of different flavours. If you pick the candy without looking in the box, what's the minimum number of candies you need to pick to be sure you can make at least K pairs? ###Input: The first line conta

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