Problem 45425. The Tortoise and the Hare - 01

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Binbin Qi on 7 Apr 2020

why 14 is false?
'-1-2+3-4+5+6+7'?

Asif Newaz on 7 Apr 2020

if it starts going in the forward direction, it'll always move in that way.
The movement will be unidirectional

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