Problem 2800. arithmetic progression

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J. S. Kowontan on 12 May 2018

input => errorsequence = [10 20 21 40]
output => truesequence = [19 20 21 22] , errorposition = [1 4]
Result: Test fail

Solution 552046

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bainhome on 4 Jul 2018

It took me a while to figure this one out. Your mathmatical intuition and ability of code implementation keep stunning me. The solution really a mind blower. Bravo!

Solution 550365

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Paul Berglund on 28 Dec 2014

Note that this will fail on a short sequence e.g. [10 20 21 40]

Alfonso Nieto-Castanon on 5 Jan 2015

I believe changing mode to median should work in all non-ambiguous cases (length>3)

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