Problem Link: https://codeforces.me/edu/course/2/lesson/6/2/practice/contest/283932/problem/A↵
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<spoiler summary="Accepted Code">↵
```cpp↵
#include<bits/stdc++.h>↵
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using namespace std;↵
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#define int long long↵
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int a,b,n;↵
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bool isfit(int mid){↵
return (mid/a)*(mid/b)>=n;↵
}↵
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signed main(){↵
cin>>a>>b>>n;↵
int l=0,r=1;↵
while(isfit(r)==false){↵
r*=2;↵
}↵
while(r-l>1){↵
int mid=l+(r-l)/2;↵
if(isfit(mid)){↵
r=mid;↵
}↵
else{↵
l=mid;↵
}↵
}↵
if(isfit(l)) cout<<l<<endl;↵
else cout<<r<<endl;↵
}↵
```↵
</spoiler>↵
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<spoiler summary="Not Accepted Code">↵
```cpp↵
#include<bits/stdc++.h>↵
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using namespace std;↵
↵
#define int long long↵
↵
↵
int a,b,n;↵
↵
bool isfit(int mid){↵
return (mid/a)*(mid/b)>=n;↵
}↵
↵
signed main(){↵
cin>>a>>b>>n;↵
int l=0,r=1;↵
while(isfit(r)==false){↵
r*=2;↵
}↵
while(r-l>1){↵
int mid=l+(r-l)/2;↵
if(isfit(mid)){↵
r=mid;↵
}↵
else{↵
l=mid+1;↵
}↵
}↵
cout<<l<<endl;↵
}↵
```↵
</spoiler>↵
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The only change in the two code is the value being assigned to l, when i normally implement binary search i use it like in the not accepted one but why in this problem its giving wrong answer?
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<spoiler summary="Accepted Code">↵
```cpp↵
#include<bits/stdc++.h>↵
↵
using namespace std;↵
↵
#define int long long↵
↵
↵
int a,b,n;↵
↵
bool isfit(int mid){↵
return (mid/a)*(mid/b)>=n;↵
}↵
↵
signed main(){↵
cin>>a>>b>>n;↵
int l=0,r=1;↵
while(isfit(r)==false){↵
r*=2;↵
}↵
while(r-l>1){↵
int mid=l+(r-l)/2;↵
if(isfit(mid)){↵
r=mid;↵
}↵
else{↵
l=mid;↵
}↵
}↵
if(isfit(l)) cout<<l<<endl;↵
else cout<<r<<endl;↵
}↵
```↵
</spoiler>↵
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<spoiler summary="Not Accepted Code">↵
```cpp↵
#include<bits/stdc++.h>↵
↵
using namespace std;↵
↵
#define int long long↵
↵
↵
int a,b,n;↵
↵
bool isfit(int mid){↵
return (mid/a)*(mid/b)>=n;↵
}↵
↵
signed main(){↵
cin>>a>>b>>n;↵
int l=0,r=1;↵
while(isfit(r)==false){↵
r*=2;↵
}↵
while(r-l>1){↵
int mid=l+(r-l)/2;↵
if(isfit(mid)){↵
r=mid;↵
}↵
else{↵
l=mid+1;↵
}↵
}↵
cout<<l<<endl;↵
}↵
```↵
</spoiler>↵
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The only change in the two code is the value being assigned to l, when i normally implement binary search i use it like in the not accepted one but why in this problem its giving wrong answer?
