Let f(n, B) be the sum of digits of the integer n when written in base B.
Given Q queries, each consisting of two integers n, R, find B such that f(n, B) is minimum for all 2 <= B <= R. If there are multiple such values, you can print any of them.
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Chef lives in an N * M grid. He is currently participating in a treasure hunt and has two items left to find. Chef knows that the Manhattan distance between the cells containing these two items is exactly k. He wants to know, how many different pairs of cells can the two items be in.
You need to answer this question for each k between 1 and N + M - 2: https://bit.ly/3BWk7Wa

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Rajarshi Basu (NUS Undergrad researcher, CC Contest Editorialist) and Saptarshi Mukherjee (SDE @ Google, ICPC 19 regionalist) will join us today for a fierce debate on whether C++ or Java is the most important programming language to learn. Tune in at 5 PM sharp to know their opinions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq1BJZdI7M0

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