diff --git a/birthday cske problem.cpp b/birthday cske problem.cpp
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+++ b/birthday cske problem.cpp	
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+#include<bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+#define size 1000
+int main()
+{
+    int candles[size],n;
+    int i, count=0;
+    cin>>n;
+    for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
+        cin>>candles[i];
+    }
+int max=candles[0];
+for(i=1; i<n; i++)
+{
+    if(candles[i]>max)
+    {
+        max=candles[i];
+    }
+}
+for(i=0; i<n; i++)
+{
+    if(max==candles[i])
+    {
+        count++;
+    }
+}
+cout<<count;
+return 0;
+}