Challenge #61: Save the Astronaut

[JasonHu]

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Here is my submission, it's 9 seconds slower than the output. I assumed that include all characters in the sentence, also camera can find the shortest distance, so it can turn both direction, also the camera will stop at each position for 1 second.

[ncrlelia]

Challenge 61

[carmenrapariz]

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[JackBurnham]

b

[DanTh]

Slight differences in the calculation, but close enough for it to be trivial (in my eyes!).

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The workflow follows most of what I've been seeing. I think the key difference is the formula used to calculate the distances:
IF ABS([Degree_Pos] - [Row-1:Degree_Pos]) > 180
THEN 360 - ABS([Degree_Pos] - [Row-1:Degree_Pos])
ELSE ABS([Degree_Pos] - [Row-1:Degree_Pos])
ENDIF

I added a check to see if the rotation is over 180 degrees, in which case we send the rover the other way around (hence 360 less [Degree_Pos]).

Fun to see everyone get into it!

3/5

[surajmthomas]

My Solution

[BelindaSpratt]

This was good fun. I enjoyed the pop culture reference. I think that in reality the time would be a little longer as you would have to pause on characters.

[ARussell34]

I appended the cards and camera pan speed with the sum of total cards (17). I then used Record ID to identify position order and the respective angle those cards would be located at on the circle around the camera. Then I gave a record to each respective character for the response and what the matching HEX identifiers are for those characters. I then connected the angle of the where the cards are located to the order of the Response with the matching HEX and their descriptions. Then I used Multi-Row and Formula to identify a shortest path with the assumptions that the camera can go either direction and that there is a 1-3 second pause at each card. Then the summarize tool identified a total of 40.7 minutes (just over the answer time) or 2,444.71 seconds for the message to fully be sent and received. 

[jonathanwillis]

Mine ended up a little different from the solution

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Not sure if I did something wrong, but my calculations were looking for the minimum amount of time between values. I did some hand calculations, and I think I was in the right range of time if you don't account for any pauses. 

[LiuZhang]

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Used: We are sending another mission. It will take 42 months.

With capital and full stop. My answer is ~11s longer than the output.