Ada Rooks

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After successfully defending her title of World Chess Champion, Ada noticed that she is lacking in rook endgames. To improve her endgame skills, Ada placed $K$ kings on a chessboard with $N$ rows and $M$ columns, and now she is calculating the minimum number of rooks she must place on the board to satisfy the following conditions: - No king is attacked by a rook. - The kings are isolated, i.e

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