# Find the repeating and the missing number using two equations in C++

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In this problem, we are given an array arr[] of size N. It consists of integer values ranging from 1 to N. And one element x from the range is missing whereas one element y in the array occurs double. Our task is to find the repeating and the missing number using two equations.

Let’s take an example to understand the problem,

Input

arr[] = {1, 2 , 3, 3}

Output

missing = 4, double = 3

## Solution Approach

A method to solve the problem is using two equations for the two values x and y. Then solve the equation to get the value for x and y.

Let’s see the equations and how to create them,

The sum of elements of the array consists of sum of first N natural number with one element extra and one missing.

arrSum = Sum(N) - x + y
y - x = arrSum - sum(N)

This is equation 1.

Now, let's take square sum. Similarly,

arrSumsq = sqSum(N) - x2 + y2
(y - x)*(y + x) = arrSumSq - sqSum(N)

Using equation 1,

x + y = (arrSumSq - sqSum(N)) / (arrSum - sum(N))

y = (arrSumSq - sqSum(N)) / (arrSum - sum(N)) + (arrSum - sum(N)) / 2

Then using the value of y, we will find x using

x = y - (arrSum - sum(N))

We have formula for

sum(N) = n*(n-1)/2
sqSum(N) = n*(n+1)*(2n + 1)/ 6

arrSum is sum of all elements of array

arrSumSq is the sum of squares of all elements of the array.

## Example

Program to illustrate the working of our solution,

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void findExtraAndMissingVal(int arr[], int n){
int sumN = (n * (n + 1)) / 2;
int sqSumN = (n * (n + 1) * (2 * n + 1)) / 6;
int arrSum = 0, arrSqSum = 0, i;
for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
arrSum += arr[i];
arrSqSum += (arr[i]* arr[i]);
}
int y = (((arrSqSum - sqSumN) / (arrSum - sumN)) + sumN - arrSum) / 2;
int x = arrSum - sumN + y;
cout<<"The missing value from the array is "<<x;
cout<<"\nThe value that occurs twice in the array is "<<y;
}
int main() {
int arr[] = { 1, 2, 2, 3, 4 };
int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
findExtraAndMissingVal(arr, n);
return 0;
}

### Output

The missing value from the array is 2
The value that occurs twice in the array is 5
Updated on 11-Feb-2022 13:06:01