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# Instructions
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Your task is to look for patterns in the long sequence of digits in the encrypted signal.
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The technique you're going to use here is called the largest series product.
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Let's define a few terms, first.
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- **input**: the sequence of digits that you need to analyze
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- **series**: a sequence of adjacent digits (those that are next to each other) that is contained within the input
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- **span**: how many digits long each series is
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- **product**: what you get when you multiply numbers together
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Let's work through an example, with the input `"63915"`.
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- To form a series, take adjacent digits in the original input.
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- If you are working with a span of `3`, there will be three possible series:
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- `"639"`
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- `"391"`
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- `"915"`
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- Then we need to calculate the product of each series:
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- The product of the series `"639"` is 162 (`6 × 3 × 9 = 162`)
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- The product of the series `"391"` is 27 (`3 × 9 × 1 = 27`)
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- The product of the series `"915"` is 45 (`9 × 1 × 5 = 45`)
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- 162 is bigger than both 27 and 45, so the largest series product of `"63915"` is from the series `"639"`.
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So the answer is **162**.
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# Introduction
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You work for a government agency that has intercepted a series of encrypted communication signals from a group of bank robbers.
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The signals contain a long sequence of digits.
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Your team needs to use various digital signal processing techniques to analyze the signals and identify any patterns that may indicate the planning of a heist.

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