Advent of Code 2022 - Day 1: Calorie Counting

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Each day will have some preliminary setup code:

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#lang iracket/lang#:requireracket(require"../advent.rkt")(requirethreading)

Day 1 - Part 1

We’re given the following sample data:

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4000

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7000
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9000

10000

This list represents the Calories of the food carried by five Elves:

• The first Elf is carrying food with 1000, 2000, and 3000 Calories, a total of 6000 Calories.
• The second Elf is carrying one food item with 4000 Calories.
• The third Elf is carrying food with 5000 and 6000 Calories, a total of 11000 Calories.
• The fourth Elf is carrying food with 7000, 8000, and 9000 Calories, a total of 24000 Calories.
• The fifth Elf is carrying one food item with 10000 Calories.

Find the Elf carrying the most Calories. How many total Calories is that Elf carrying?