Number Spiral

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A number spiral is an infinite grid whose upper-left square has number 1. Here are the first five layers of the spiral: Your task is to find out the number in row y and column x. Input The first input line contains an integer t: the number of tests. After this, there are t lines, each containing integers y and x. Output For each test, print the number in row y and column x. Constraints - 1

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