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		jstanley on Jan 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Peter Norvig's “pytudes” for Advent of Code 2020 Given that the comment says "Find 2 distinct numbers that sum to 2020", I expect duplicate entries are not allowed.

Gupie on Jan 8, 2021 [–]

Yes, but I cannot find the same in the problem definition:

"they need you to find the two entries that sum to 2020 and then multiply those two numbers together"

https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/1

dubya on Jan 9, 2021 | [–]

There are frequently non-stated properties of the input in Advent of Code that simplify the problem a bit.

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