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826 Soup Servings

826 Soup Servings

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You have two soups, A and B, each starting with n mL. On every turn, one of the following four serving operations is chosen at random, each with probability 0.25 independent of all previous turns:

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pour 100 mL from type A and 0 mL from type B
pour 75 mL from type A and 25 mL from type B
pour 50 mL from type A and 50 mL from type B
pour 25 mL from type A and 75 mL from type B

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There is no operation that pours 0 mL from A and 100 mL from B.
The amounts from A and B are poured *simultaneously* during the turn.
If an operation asks you to pour **more than** you have left of a soup, pour all that remains of that soup.

The process stops immediately after any turn in which one of the soups is used up.

Return the probability that A is used up before B, plus half the probability that both soups are used up in the** same turn**. Answers within 10-5 of the actual answer will be accepted.

 

Example 1:

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**Input:** n = 50
**Output:** 0.62500
**Explanation:** 
If we perform either of the first two serving operations, soup A will become empty first.
If we perform the third operation, A and B will become empty at the same time.
If we perform the fourth operation, B will become empty first.
So the total probability of A becoming empty first plus half the probability that A and B become empty at the same time, is 0.25 * (1 + 1 + 0.5 + 0) = 0.625.

Example 2:

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**Input:** n = 100
**Output:** 0.71875
**Explanation:** 
If we perform the first serving operation, soup A will become empty first.
If we perform the second serving operations, A will become empty on performing operation [1, 2, 3], and both A and B become empty on performing operation 4.
If we perform the third operation, A will become empty on performing operation [1, 2], and both A and B become empty on performing operation 3.
If we perform the fourth operation, A will become empty on performing operation 1, and both A and B become empty on performing operation 2.
So the total probability of A becoming empty first plus half the probability that A and B become empty at the same time, is 0.71875.

 

Constraints:

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impl Solution {
    pub fn soup_servings(n: i32) -> f64 {
        if n > 4800 {
            return 1.0;
        }
        use std::collections::HashMap;

        let mut memo: HashMap<(i32, i32), (f64, f64, f64)> = HashMap::new();

        pub fn recurse(
            a: i32,
            b: i32,
            k: f64,
            memo: &mut HashMap<(i32, i32), (f64, f64, f64)>
        ) -> (f64, f64, f64) {
            let p = f64::powf(0.25, k);

            // Return weighted result if in memo
            if let Some(&(ua, ub, uc)) = memo.get(&(a, b)) {
                return (ua * p, ub * p, uc * p);
            }

            if a <= 0 {
                if b <= 0 {
                    return (p * 0.0, p * 1.0, p * 1.0);
                } else {
                    return (p * 1.0, p * 0.0, p * 1.0);
                }
            }

            if b <= 0 {
                return (p * 0.0, p * 0.0, p * 1.0);
            }

            // Compute unweighted
            let a1 = recurse(a - 100, b, k + 1.0, memo);
            let a2 = recurse(a - 75, b - 25, k + 1.0, memo);
            let a3 = recurse(a - 50, b - 50, k + 1.0, memo);
            let a4 = recurse(a - 25, b - 75, k + 1.0, memo);

            let unweighted = (
                (a1.0 + a2.0 + a3.0 + a4.0) / p,
                (a1.1 + a2.1 + a3.1 + a4.1) / p,
                (a1.2 + a2.2 + a3.2 + a4.2) / p,
            );

            memo.insert((a, b), unweighted);
            (unweighted.0 * p, unweighted.1 * p, unweighted.2 * p)
        }

        let (a, b, c) = recurse(n, n, 0.0, &mut memo);
        a / c + 0.5 * (b / c)
    }
}




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