Problem 1219. Mystery problem

Created by Tim

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 14 Mar 2013

US states ?
Another hint please.

Alfonso Nieto-Castanon on 14 Mar 2013

wikipedia

Tim on 15 Mar 2013

You are correct that "US states" is a key part of the solution.

Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 2 Apr 2013

A key part is not a solution ...

Tim on 3 Apr 2013

All of the tags (except "mystery") are hints to the solution. Another hint is that all possible values for y=mystery(x) have to satisfy abs(y-1363.5)<=1262.5.

Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 3 Apr 2013

Only for crazy nerds.

Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 3 Apr 2013

Tim, you are a man of genius.

Tim on 4 Apr 2013

That may be a little excessive, but thank you.

Erin on 5 Sep 2013

Given how obvious the 'mystery' seems now that I've solved it, I can't believe how many totally wrong alleys I went down...

J.R.! Menzinger on 23 Jun 2014

This was a tricky one!! but at least I found it!! ;-)

Tool I used: Wikipedia, excel and Matlab... XDDD

Dyuman Joshi on 22 Jan 2022

Can anyone explain the link behind the problem to someone who is not from US?

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