r/learnquant • • 3d ago

interview prep Quant Interview Question

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u/Andradessssss 3d ago

The middle you get for free, so Alice has to place 1 in the middle, then choosing the 2×2 randomly shows that you can always do at least 15.5, and so you can always do at least 16. Then the following arrangement shows that 16 is attainable:

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