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-Please recursively clone the starter code linked from Canvas, use `npm install` to install dependencies in both subprojects, and open the project in VSCode.  Please do not run the app yet—it contains spoilers.
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 # Problem 1:
 
 For a certain puzzle played on a string of digits, each move may slide any digit `x` left `x` places or right `x` places, as long as there is room.  For example, the `4` in `123456789` can move right four spots: