Problem 155. All your base are belong to us

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sea knowledge on 19 Dec 2012

what the hell?why my code can work on my computer?while it report error here

the cyclist on 19 Dec 2012

It looks like your solution uses the symbolic math toolbox. I am assuming that that is not available to Cody solutions.

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