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Problems > Around the Circuit

Around the Circuit

Difficulty: 1600 3000 ms 128 MB

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N stations sit on a circular route. Station i provides gasi fuel; driving to the next station costs costi. Starting with an empty tank at some station, print the 1-based index of the unique valid starting station to complete a full lap, or −1 if none exists.

Input: the first line has N; the second line has gas1..N; the third line has cost1..N.

Output: the starting index, or −1.

Constraints:

  • 1 ≤ N ≤ 105
  • 0 ≤ gasi, costi ≤ 104

Sample Tests

Input 1
5
1 2 3 4 5
3 4 5 1 2
Output 1
4
Input 2
3
2 3 4
3 4 3
Output 2
-1

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