These things run for variable amounts of time because they take input, a list of size of some amount.

而这一段的执行时间是可变的,因为它们需要输入一个包含一些元素的列表。

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Another way of saying it is, if I, for example, 10 increase the size of the input by 10 10 the amount of time increases by 10.

另一种说法就是，例如，我把输入的规模增加0,解决花费的时间也会增加。

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No, instead we have to click other amount at bottom right there, when we have to input 4-0-0 in this screen 4-0-0 after consulting visually the little cheat sheet on the device itself it tells you in a very long chart how much one pass costs so we multiply and type in 4-0-0, we hit enter.

不，然而我们必须点击,右下边的这个，当我们需要在这个屏幕上,输入0,通过咨询那个设备上小说明,它在一个很长的图表上,告诉你，每一站需要多少钱，我们加起来,输入了4-0-0，点击输入。

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