From 36a4b474ee29909d5ca16d135149aaff76cd9467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Krichevsky <nick@ollien.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 23:59:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Simplfiy binary search on day 14

---
 day14/py/main.py | 14 ++------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/day14/py/main.py b/day14/py/main.py
index 49c0196..fe292e1 100644
--- a/day14/py/main.py
+++ b/day14/py/main.py
@@ -115,18 +115,8 @@ def part1(reactions: List[Reaction], fuel_element: Element) -> int:
 def part2(reactions: List[Reaction], fuel_element: Element) -> int:
     THRESHOLD = 1000000000000
     fuel_amount = 1
-    low = None
-    high = None
-    required_ore = None
-    # Bound the problem by finding a range in which our answer could be
-    while required_ore is None or required_ore < THRESHOLD:
-        required_ore = find_ore_required_for_fuel_amount(fuel_amount, reactions, fuel_element)
-        if required_ore >= THRESHOLD:
-            high = fuel_amount
-            low = fuel_amount // 2
-            break
-
-        fuel_amount *= 2
+    low = 0
+    high = THRESHOLD
 
     # Binary search our answers, looking for the fuel amount that gives us the most ore.
     while low <= high: