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Comment author: tim 08 August 2012 02:46:37AM 1 point [-]

You are adding a condition that was not present in the original problem. Namely, that every day you do not open the box, you lose some number of utilions.

Comment author: falenas108 08 August 2012 01:58:30PM 0 points [-]

Whoops, you're right.

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