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1 - Binary Distance

Chef is given two integers $N$ and $X$. He has been challenged to find 2 binary strings each of length $N$ such that the hamming distance between the strings is exactly $X$. Hamming distance is the number of positions in which the two strings differ. Let $cnt_1$ denotes the number of $1$'s used in both strings combined and $cnt_0$ denotes the number of $0$'s used in both strings. Chef is also

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