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Find the palindrome
Given the string a, find the longest palindromic sub-string b. So when a = 'xkayakyy'; you should return b = 'kayak';

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Scrabble Scores
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Find the longest sequence of 1's in a binary sequence.
Given a string such as s = '011110010000000100010111' find the length of the longest string of consecutive 1's. In this examp...

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Fibonacci sequence
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Determine if input is odd
Given the input n, return true if n is odd or false if n is even.

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Triangle Numbers
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Select every other element of a vector
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Find common elements in matrix rows
Given a matrix, find all elements that exist in every row. For example, given A = 1 2 3 5 9 2 5 9 3 2 5 9 ...

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Indexed Probability Table
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Kaprekar Steps
6174 is the Kaprekar constant. All natural numbers less than 10,000 (except some with same digits) can be reduced to 6174 in the...

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Swap the first and last columns
Flip the outermost columns of matrix A, so that the first column becomes the last and the last column becomes the first. All oth...

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Finding Perfect Squares
Given a vector of numbers, return true if one of the numbers is a square of one of the numbers. Otherwise return false. Example...

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Return a list sorted by number of occurrences
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Encode Roman Numerals
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Find the peak 3n+1 sequence value
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Determine whether a vector is monotonically increasing
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Times 2 - START HERE
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Calculate the total mechanical energy of an object. Total Energy= Potential energy + Kinetic energy P.E.=m*g*h K.E.=1/2...

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An Ohm's Law Calculator
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Given a velocity in mph, convert it to km/h. Round the answer to the fourth decimal place.

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Force and Motion 3
Two robots push on a large object in the same direction. One robot pushes with a force of F1 Newtons and the other with a force...

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