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An underground parking facility arranges a monthly contest for all cars that used the facility during the month. Each month the criterion for the winning vehicle is different. In this particular month, the criterion is related to the license plate of the vehicle. All license plates are assumed to follow the following format “ABCD123” (4 letters, then 3 numbers). The winning plate is the one with the largest sum of its 3 numbers. If 2 plates have the same sum, then the plate with the preceding first letter is the winner i.e. AXYZ479 wins over BABC479. If 2 plates have the same first letter, then the winner is the one preceding in the list of plates. Find attached a file “plates.txt” that contains an unknown number of plate strings representing all cars that used the facility this month. Write a Python code that determines the context winner based on the above mentioned criteria. Additional challenge: Modify your code so that the winning vehicle is the one with the preceding string not just the preceding first letter in case of equal sum of numbers. Additional challenge: Modify your code to identify 3 prize winners instead of one. Advanced Challenge: For the same facility, assume the plates don’t have the fore mentioned fixed format but rather any combination of letters and numbers; as long as the total length of the plate is 7 characters. In this case, the winning vehicle is the one with the largest average of numbers in its plate. Tie breaker is the same as in the previous challenge. Write a Python code that generates 1000 random license plates following this general format. The plates are written in a file. Your code will read the file and determine the winning vehicle as previously explained.

Name: an underground parking facility arranges a monthly contest for all cars that used the facility during the month each month the criterion for the winning vehicle is different in this particul 92002
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Description: an underground parking facility arranges a monthly contest for all cars that used the facility during the month each month the criterion for the winning vehicle is different in this particul 92002

An underground parking facility arranges a monthly contest for all cars that used the facility during the month. Each month the criterion for the winning vehicle is different. In this particular month, the criterion is related to the license plate of the vehicle. All license plates are assumed to follow the following format “ABCD123” (4 letters, then 3 numbers). The winning plate is the one with the largest
sum of its 3 numbers. If 2 plates have the same sum, then the plate with the preceding first letter is the winner i.e. AXYZ479 wins over BABC479. If 2 plates have the same first letter, then the winner is the one preceding in the list of plates.
Find attached a file “plates.txt” that contains an unknown number of plate strings representing all cars that used the facility this month. Write a Python code that determines the context winner based on the above mentioned criteria.
Additional challenge: Modify your code so that the winning vehicle is the one with the preceding string not just the preceding first letter in case of equal sum of numbers.
Additional challenge: Modify your code to identify 3 prize winners instead of one.
Advanced Challenge:
For the same facility, assume the plates don’t have the fore mentioned fixed format but rather any combination of letters and numbers; as long as the total length of the plate is 7 characters. In this case, the winning vehicle is the one with the largest average of numbers in its plate. Tie breaker is the same as in the previous challenge.
Write a Python code that generates 1000 random license plates following this general format. The plates are written in a file. Your code will read the file and determine the winning vehicle as previously explained.

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