Geometric Sequence
A sequence of integers is called a geometric sequence if the ratio of consecutive numbers is constant.For example, (3,6,12,24) is a geometric sequence (each term is equal to twice the previous number)
Now, with such a sequence, we will shuffle it around and remove some of the elements.
Given the result of such a transformation, try to recover the "geometric ratio" of the original sequence.
If there are multiple values, output the one with the greatest absolute value (if there's still a tie, output the positive one)
If there is no such sequence, output 0.
Input
The number of integers, 2 ≤ N ≤ 100,000N lines, each with one non-zero integer x ( |x| ≤ 10^18 )
Output
The ratio of the original sequence (if one exists).The relative error of the answer must be within 10^-9. ( |answer - expected| / |expected| < 10^-9 )
Sample Input
3
1 3 27
Sample Output
3
The original sequence could have been 1,3,9,27 or 27,9,3,1; the former has the greater ratio.
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Point Value: 10
Time Limit: 1.00s
Memory Limit: 64M
Added: Sep 26, 2008
Author: hansonw1
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that makes my algorithm totally fail = =
gonna take a break XD
Note:
If the answer were guaranteed to be an integer, this line would be unnecessary, since integers are exact numbers. These lines are only included when the answer can be a floating-point number, because then your answer might be off by a tiny bit depending on how you obtained it - meaning it will still be judged correct if you have an error of less than one part in a billion (thousand million?)