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#1

https://www.codechef.com/SPGC2021/problems/SHA2101

Is this problem to be solved by dynammic programming

#2

Yes you can do it using dp or even a simple pattern.
Here is the dp approach

int dp[1001] = {0};

dp[2] = 1, dp[1] = 1, dp[0]=1;
for(int i=3;i<=1000;i++){
    if(i%3 == 0)    dp[i] = min(dp[i-1], dp[i-2]);
    else if((i-1)%3 == 0)    dp[i] = min(dp[i-1], dp[i-3]);
    else dp[i] = min(dp[i-1], min(dp[i-2], dp[i-3]));
    dp[i]^=1;
}
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