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+#lang racket
+(require advent-of-code
+         threading
+         math/statistics)
+
+(define crab-data
+  (~> (open-aoc-input (find-session) 2021 7 #:cache #t)
+      port->string
+      string-trim
+      (string-split ",")
+      (map string->number _)))
+
+(define (gauss-sum n)
+  (/ (* n (+ n 1)) 2))
+(define (compute-fuel-use f crabs align-to)
+  (for/sum ([crab (in-list crabs)]) (f (abs (- crab align-to)))))
+
+;; using the fact that the optimum location is at the median
+;; of the crabs' starting location for the linear relationship
+;; and at a coordinate within 1 unit of the mean for the quadratic one
+
+(~>> crab-data (median <) (compute-fuel-use identity crab-data))
+
+(~>> crab-data
+     mean
+     ((λ (m) (list (floor m) (ceiling m))))
+     (map (curry compute-fuel-use gauss-sum crab-data))
+     (apply min))