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Distinct Neighbours

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You are given an array $A$ of length $2\cdot N$. You also have an **empty** array $B$. You are asked to do the following operation exactly $N$ times. - Choose two **distinct** indices $x$ and $y$ $(1\le x,y \le |A|)$; - Append $(A_x - A_y)$ to the end of array $B$; - Delete the $x^{th}$ and $y^{th}$ elements from $A$ and concatenate remaining elements without changing the order. Find whether t

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