11314 - Hardly Hard

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11314 - Hardly Hard

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Can someone give me a hint on how to solve this problem analytically? Thanks.
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Some ways to do it:

1) Direct Nested Ternary Search
2) Take Derivative and Use Newton's Method
3) Anlytical Derivative and get answer that one.
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3) Anlytical Derivative and get answer that one.

Can you give more details on this method?
Thanks.
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