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@(anonymous): It’s certainly do-able, but whereas I was able to find a single simple summation formula for the day that asked for no odd consecutive amounts, this one has eluded me so just wondering if an elegant approach does exist
Blake
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@Blake: there is an elegant solution but it is very different from day 14. If a small hint is allowed:

recurrence relations!
Aisha
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@Aisha: Thanks! I did think of that originally but even going back now I can’t seem to find a neat way to apply that approach (and even the OEIS doesn’t seem to give one for the sequence I get solving this for smaller cases). Would be interested to know how you went about this! As it happens, with a bit more thought I did end up finding a single (double-summation) formula that could be used to calculate this
Blake
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@Aisha: Hm, I used exactly the same method for both of these days. I'm not sure if it lends itself to a nice clean formula, but it might! I'll share my approach after the contest is over!
Seth Cohen
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