Problem 497. Make an awesome ramp for a tiny motorcycle stuntman

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@bmtran (Bryant Tran) on 15 Mar 2012

the third test case has a syntax error

Stephen on 15 Mar 2012

yes, it is fixed now :)

Ned Gulley on 15 Mar 2012

This is my favorite problem title so far!

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