diff --git a/lib/advent_code2024/solutions/day02/README.md b/lib/advent_code2024/solutions/day02/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc8809a --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/advent_code2024/solutions/day02/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# Day 2: Red-Nosed Reports + +## Problem Description + +The engineers at the Red-Nosed Reindeer nuclear fusion/fission plant need help analyzing +unusual data from their reactor. The data consists of reports, with each report containing +a list of numbers called levels. + +### Rules for Safe Reports + +A report is considered safe if it meets both of these criteria: + +1. The levels are either all increasing or all decreasing +2. Any two adjacent levels differ by at least one and at most three + +### Example + +```csv +7 6 4 2 1 # Safe (all decreasing by 1 or 2) +1 2 7 8 9 # Unsafe (2->7 increases by 5) +9 7 6 2 1 # Unsafe (6->2 decreases by 4) +1 3 2 4 5 # Unsafe (increasing then decreasing) +8 6 4 4 1 # Unsafe (4->4 no change) +1 3 6 7 9 # Safe (all increasing by 1-3) +``` + +### Part 1 Challenge + +Count how many reports in the input data are safe according to the rules above. + +### Input Format + +Each line contains space-separated integers representing the levels in a report. + +### Example Solution + +In the example above, 2 reports are safe.