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Chef and Candies

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There are $N$ children and Chef wants to give them $1$ candy each. Chef already has $X$ candies with him. To buy the rest, he visits a candy shop. In the shop, packets containing **exactly** $4$ candies are available. Determine the **minimum** number of candy packets Chef must buy so that he is able to give $1$ candy to each of the $N$ children. ### Input - The first line of input will contain a

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