Problem 112. Remove the air bubbles

Created by Ned Gulley

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Chien-Han Su on 2 Nov 2020

love this one

Jakeb Chouinard on 20 Nov 2020

28 attempts later, we finally made it

Ngo Tien Sang on 8 Jul 2021

nice question!

Nguyen Viet Dung on 11 Aug 2021

good problem

Manideep Bharadwaj on 15 Apr 2023

good analogy

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