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Packet Tampering

Description

A network trace contains 30 packets. Each has a checksum field computed as:


checksum = (seq_num × 11 + size_bytes) mod 256


Four packets have been tampered with — their stored checksums don't match the formula.


Your task: Find the IDs of the 4 corrupted packets.


Answer format: IDs sorted alphabetically, comma-separated.

Example: PKT-001,PKT-005,PKT-012,PKT-020

Input Data

packet_id,seq_num,size_bytes,checksum
PKT-001,1,512,11
PKT-002,2,1024,22
PKT-003,3,256,33
PKT-004,4,768,44
PKT-005,5,1280,55
PKT-006,6,512,99
PKT-007,7,896,205
PKT-008,8,256,88
PKT-009,9,1024,99
PKT-010,10,640,238
PKT-011,11,384,249
PKT-012,12,768,132
PKT-013,13,512,42
PKT-014,14,1024,154
PKT-015,15,256,165
PKT-016,16,896,48
PKT-017,17,640,59
PKT-018,18,384,70
PKT-019,19,1280,209
PKT-020,20,768,220
PKT-021,21,512,17
PKT-022,22,1024,242
PKT-023,23,256,253
PKT-024,24,896,136
PKT-025,25,640,147
PKT-026,26,384,158
PKT-027,27,512,88
PKT-028,28,1024,52
PKT-029,29,256,63
PKT-030,30,768,74

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