2020 Solution 11

Isaac Abraham
2020 November 02
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Resolve the word jumble into electrically meaningful pairs like (Buffer, 1); implying that a buffer has a gain of 1; (NOT, -1) implying that an inverter inverts and so on. So your answer will be (Buffer, 1), (NOT, -1)...., pairing the contents of the list.
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RandomSample[StringSplit[Import[StringJoin[Directory[],"/Isaac_Abraham/Analog Beat/2020/2020_Problem_11_data.txt"],"Plaintext"],","]]
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{1,Wheatstone,2,NOT,nonmonotonicity,Butterworth,Wein,Bootstrap,0,Early,-1,Bootstrap,-1,Ebers-Moll,Critical frequency,-3dB,exp(),-VA,Amplifier,Impedance,Heterodyne,Maximally flat,Whistle,Buffer}
Your answer
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Reverse/@Partition[StringSplit[Import[StringJoin[Directory[],"/Isaac_Abraham/Analog Beat/2020/2020_Problem_11_data.txt"],"Plaintext"],","],2]//Column
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{Critical frequency,-3dB}
{nonmonotonicity,-1}
{NOT,-1}
{Wheatstone,0}
{Buffer,1}
{Wein,2}
{Ebers-Moll,exp()}
{Early,-VA}
{Butterworth,Maximally flat}
{Amplifier,Bootstrap}
{Heterodyne,Whistle}
{Impedance,Bootstrap}