Problem 55230. Find Closest Constant

Created by Renee Coetsee

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margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 267.5px 8px; transform-origin: 267.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Given a number x, return the value that is closest to x from this list of constants: 0, 1, </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="width: 23px; height: 20px;" width="23" height="20"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">, </span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-style: italic; ">e</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">, </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">π</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4px 8px; transform-origin: 4px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">, </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACcAAAAkCAYAAAAKNyObAAACXElEQVRYR+1WPSiFURh2dxYbiYGBMihhkEVitCFJd8MggygyGSgymPyUxSCUQaQYbKSsioGVCYud59F59brO+e65L0r5Tj19957vnPM+53nf85wvU/SHW+YPcytKyVmzkyr3L5Ubxq6zQIvb/Que58AMcGlVJHZeqOZKscCRIuVbrw+dO7GBLONC5NawWL8juOEWbsRzFChTgZp/U0EfuSYEPAUmgFXPjo/R1+n6d/HstagSM8dHTlIVClqNhW/d4g94lscEsozxkbvGQoN50sUxtQAPSIklcMwcqwlfYHGe4BugLiaQZYyVnCi3jqBDgcBM/xzQBuhDFOLZhRcn+qWFHG3m0aW0PZB++uNKAWqxduuBp++Sk8Ah1fh+DFgGnoFtgMGzLnAHnnQCnnSxKb76pBo7LMrduyBfdop+qkrFpoE7QDaiLYdu0AOMAD6r+hCvUHILmDkAdAMx1xc3wnqTetIlUZWbRp3SQpWj8e65lCTu2AXheBq2ridRkikk4cQWqxxvjX1gNl8qVDRJn06pWBDTPv8T5CzEJH2ML7Wlb5YaV5PfUi6GGIl8sgD8Z23yRPIGkdqSPhp3q5tDwjzRufPfSSellUHPgM08KWBdLQFiBfLhUIw+bTe5twrXvwJ8pz6RnBDjIHpWqI3jRSXAK0xshDbBRtW0Sb+qRRbxm6f+AAjdMF7lhBgv9pgmxT2FwbyupJHApPovtiJdOr3eOKGvklhiVKcBoOGyfg6BCmALIFldS7QREma6eYLFqIMCxFpJjII/PiYlZ5U0VS5VzqqAdV5ac1bl3gACfHkld0J8dQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" style="width: 19.5px; height: 18px;" width="19.5" height="18"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 51px 8px; transform-origin: 51px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> (also known as </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">τ</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 4.5px 8px; transform-origin: 4.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">).</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 41px 8px; transform-origin: 41px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">For example:</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); block-size: 245.2px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-end-end-radius: 4px; border-end-start-radius: 4px; border-start-end-radius: 4px; border-start-start-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; margin-block-end: 10px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-inline-end: 3px; margin-inline-start: 3px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 404px 122.6px; transform-origin: 404px 122.6px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 3px; "><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 84px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 84px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c = closestconst(1.5)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 12px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 12px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c =</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 40px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 40px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">    1.4142</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 84px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 84px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c = closestconst(2.5)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 12px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 12px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c =</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 40px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 40px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">    2.7183</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 80px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 80px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c = closestconst(50)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 12px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 12px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c =</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 40px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 40px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">    6.2832</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 84px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 84px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c = closestconst(-10)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 12px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 12px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">c =</span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); block-size: 20.4333px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-end-end-radius: 0px; border-end-start-radius: 0px; border-inline-end-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-end-style: solid; border-inline-end-width: 1px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-inline-start-style: solid; border-inline-start-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-start-end-radius: 0px; border-start-start-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-block-size: 18px; min-height: 18px; padding-inline-start: 4px; padding-left: 4px; perspective-origin: 404px 10.2167px; transform-origin: 404px 10.2167px; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="block-size: auto; border-inline-end-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-end-style: none; border-inline-end-width: 0px; border-inline-start-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-inline-start-style: none; border-inline-start-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-inline-end: 45px; margin-right: 45px; min-block-size: 0px; min-height: 0px; padding-inline-start: 0px; padding-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 44px 8.5px; tab-size: 4; transform-origin: 44px 8.5px; unicode-bidi: normal; white-space: pre; margin-right: 45px; "><span style="margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-right: 0px; ">     0     </span></span></div></div><div style="block-size: 58px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 384px 29px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 29px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 116px 8px; transform-origin: 116px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">If x is equally close to two values (eg </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-15px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="width: 73.5px; height: 37px;" width="73.5" height="37"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 140px 8px; transform-origin: 140px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">), you can return either value (so either 1 or </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="width: 23px; height: 20px;" width="23" height="20"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 76.5px 8px; transform-origin: 76.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> would be correct in this example).</span></span></div></div></div>

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Basil Imoberdorf on 4 Oct 2022

I had to trick the test suite, i think in the solution "c-exp(1)" is wrong, shouldn't it be pi?

Neha Shaah on 22 Oct 2022

test suite for exp(1) is incorrect

Matt Tearle on 24 Oct 2022

I don't understand the comments about exp(1). "e" (exp(1)) is listed as one of the constants in the problem statement. Its value is 2.7183... So an input of 2.5 should return e, as shown in the examples (being closer to 2.5 than sqrt(2) = 1.414...)

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