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USER: https://codeforces.com/problemset/problem/1592/E
BOT: Thanks! Now could you provide a link to the editorial.
USER: https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/95583
BOT: Would you like hints to help you solve the problem or an interactive explanation of the editorial (hint/editorial)?
USER: hint
BOT: What are you current thoughts on the problem?
USER: I know the subarray length has to be even. I also think that I can iterate over the MSB of the bitwise AND, but i don't know how to check if the XOR has a larger bit set. Can I use a binary trie for this?
BOT: Using a binary trie is not necessary for this problem. Instead, you can leverage the properties of the bitwise AND and XOR operations along with prefix arrays to solve it efficiently.
### Hint:
Focus on creating a prefix array for the XOR values considering only the important bits. For each bit position $ k $, you need to find the minimum $ l $ such that the subarray $[l, r]$ satisfies the conditions mentioned, especially that the length is even and the XOR of the subarray is zero for the important bits.
Would you like a more detailed hint on how to implement this approach?
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