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 Plan Near with 5 plants
==========================

Where      Cum. steps  Water amt.  Cum. step-units
---------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
Plant  1        1          3               3
Plant  2        2          2               5
Plant  3        3          1               6
FAUCET          6          0               6
Plant  4       10          3              18
Plant  5       11          2              20
FAUCET         16          1              25

Plan Near: Total steps = 16, total step-units = 25

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 Plan Far with 5 plants
=========================

Where      Cum. steps  Water amt.  Cum. step-units
---------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
Plant  5        5          3              15
Plant  4        6          2              17
Plant  3        7          1              18
FAUCET         10          0              18
Plant  2       12          3              24
Plant  1       13          2              26
FAUCET         14          1              27

Plan Far: Total steps = 14, total step-units = 27

*** With 5 plants, Plan Near is better with 2 fewer step-units.

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 Plan Near with 6 plants
==========================

Where      Cum. steps  Water amt.  Cum. step-units
---------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
Plant  1        1          3               3
Plant  2        2          2               5
Plant  3        3          1               6
FAUCET          6          0               6
Plant  4       10          3              18
Plant  5       11          2              20
Plant  6       12          1              21
FAUCET         18          0              21

Plan Near: Total steps = 18, total step-units = 21

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 Plan Far with 6 plants
=========================

Where      Cum. steps  Water amt.  Cum. step-units
---------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
Plant  6        6          3              18
Plant  5        7          2              20
Plant  4        8          1              21
FAUCET         12          0              21
Plant  3       15          3              30
Plant  2       16          2              32
Plant  1       17          1              33
FAUCET         18          0              33

Plan Far: Total steps = 18, total step-units = 33

*** With 6 plants, Plan Near is better with 12 fewer step-units.

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 Plan Near with 7 plants
==========================

Where      Cum. steps  Water amt.  Cum. step-units
---------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
Plant  1        1          3               3
Plant  2        2          2               5
Plant  3        3          1               6
FAUCET          6          0               6
Plant  4       10          3              18
Plant  5       11          2              20
Plant  6       12          1              21
FAUCET         18          0              21
Plant  7       25          3              42
FAUCET         32          2              56

Plan Near: Total steps = 32, total step-units = 56

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 Plan Far with 7 plants
=========================

Where      Cum. steps  Water amt.  Cum. step-units
---------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
Plant  7        7          3              21
Plant  6        8          2              23
Plant  5        9          1              24
FAUCET         14          0              24
Plant  4       18          3              36
Plant  3       19          2              38
Plant  2       20          1              39
FAUCET         22          0              39
Plant  1       23          3              42
FAUCET         24          2              44

Plan Far: Total steps = 24, total step-units = 44

*** With 7 plants, Plan Far is better with 12 fewer step-units.