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Find best placement for ordered dominoes (harder)
Given a list of ordered pairs, find the order they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the d...

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Find best domino orientation
Given a list of pairs, find the orientation they should be placed in a line, such that the sum of the absolute values of the dif...

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Blockland
Add a new block to these towers without letting them fall. To add a new block just choose the x-coordinate (between -10 and ...

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Convert from Base 10 to base 5
Convert the input number from base 10 into base 5: for example: if a(in base 10)= 5 then a(in base 5)= 10

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matrix of natural number
Given a number n, create an n-by-n matrix in which the integers from 1 to n^2 resides seially as shown in the examples below. ...

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Temperature conversion
Convert temperature in degrees Celsius (C) to temperature in degrees Kelvin (K). Assume your answer is rounded to the nearest Ke...

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Sum of first n terms of a harmonic progression
Given inputs a, d and n, return the sum of the first n terms of the harmonic progression a, a/(1+d), a/(1+2d), a/(1+3d),....

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Detect a number and replace with two NaN's
Write code which replaces the number 1 with two NaNs. Example X = [ 1 2 NaN 4 1 3 7 NaN 1 4 NaN 2] ...

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Column norms of a matrix
Given a matrix M, return a vector y such that for each k y(k)=norm(M(:,k)) (y(k) is the Euclidean norm of the k-th col...

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Generate a random matrix A of (1,-1)
Input n: is an positive integer which serves as the dimension of the matrix A; Output: A=(Aij),where each entry Aij is either...

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Magic is simple (for beginners)
Determine for a magic square of order n, the magic sum m. For example m=15 for a magic square of order 3.

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Basics: 'Find the eigenvalues of given matrix
Find the eigenvalues y for a given matrix x.

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Two fractions, one sum
Given a positive number x, write a MATLAB script that will tell you how many ways that the reciprocal of that number can be writ...

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Convert a Cell Array into an Array
Given a square cell array: x = {'01', '56'; '234', '789'}; return a single character array: y = '0123456789'

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Too Many Zeros, Dump Them!
Sometimes when I create a matrix, I use this syntax: a = zeros(1000,1000); But when the function ends, I find that I don'...

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Count ones
Write a program to count number of ones (1s) in an integer variable input. For example: Input x=2200112231 output y=3 I...

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LIFO Validation
Write a function to check whether a LIFO (Last In First Out) restriction on inventory is violated. We have two input vectors ...

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Fixed-Point Iteration
Perform fixed-point iteration to estimate the root of a nonlinear equation.

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Get ranking of a combination looking for speed.
I have the numbers pulled without replacement from the set [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13]; They are then ordered from least to...

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Get ranking of a combination
I have the numbers pulled without replacement from the set [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13]; They are then ordered from least to...

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Pizza value using expression with parentheses
Pizza prices are typically listed by diameter, rather than the more relevant feature of area. Compute a pizza's value (cost per ...

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Choose the best fitting dominoes
You will be given a cell array of nx2 matrices. Choose one row from each matrix. These are the ordered pairs that will be plac...

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Find the "ordinary" or Euclidean distance between A and Z
A, B and Z define three points in the 3D _Euclidean_ space of the form: A = [x1;y1;0]; B = [x2;y2;0]; Z = [x2;y2;z]; Find th...

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Fahrenheit to Celsius using multiple statements
Given a Fahrenheit value F, convert to a Celsius value C. While the equation is C = 5/9 * (F - 32), as an exercise use two state...

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Finding peaks
Find the peak values in the signal. The peak value is defined as the local maxima. For example, x= [1 12 3 2 7 0 3 1 19 7]; ...

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Moving average (variable kernel length)
Find the moving average in a vector. The kernel length is a variable. For example x = 1:10 kernel_length = 2 would r...

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Change the sign of even index entries of the reversed vector
change the signs of the even index entries of the reversed vector example 1 vec = [4 -1 -2 9] ans = [9 2 -1 -4] example2...

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Remove entire row and column in the matrix containing the input values
Remove the entire row and column from the matrix containing specific values. The specified value can be a scalar or a vector. Fo...

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Symmetry of vector
Determine whether the vector is symmetric or not (vector could be even or odd in length). For example: x = [1 2 3 3 2 1] ...

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Duplicate a character
Duplicate a character 'n' times. Example 1: str='a' n=5 output='aaaaa' Example 2: str='*' n=3 output='***'

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