diff --git a/jj_challenge_1.py b/jj_challenge_1.py
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+import pandas as pd
+import os
+
+# read data into a dataframe and split by L, W, H
+data = pd.read_csv("list_of_presents.csv", sep = "x", header = 0,  names = ["Length", "Width", "Height"])
+
+def total_material(L,W,H):
+  sa = 2*(L*W+W*H+H*L)
+  sorted_dims = sorted([L, W, H])
+  min = sorted_dims[0]
+  mid = sorted_dims[1]
+  max = sorted_dims[2]
+  extra = min*mid
+  total = sa + extra
+  return total
+
+data['result'] = data.apply(lambda row: total_material(row['Length'], row['Width'], row['Height']), axis=1)
+
+print(f"Total wrappping material needed: {data.result.sum()}")
diff --git a/list_of_presents.csv b/list_of_presents.csv
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+++ b/list_of_presents.csv
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+Box Dimensions
+2x1x5
+4x4x3
+2x9x2
+10x7x1
+1x2x4
+4x9x10
+1x9x4
+9x7x4
+8x10x5
+1x3x7
+6x5x3
+4x6x2
+2x7x2
+6x6x10
+5x1x8
+9x2x7
+2x9x5
+10x6x10
+4x2x1
+4x5x2
+4x2x7
+5x8x6
+3x6x6
+4x5x2
+10x3x9
+4x3x8
+7x5x9
+4x6x1
+4x1x6
+7x5x2
+4x10x6
+4x8x7
+8x3x5
+3x4x9
+9x5x10
+7x10x7
+6x4x3
+9x8x2
+1x2x3
+3x7x10
+2x7x7
+10x8x9
+5x9x1
+2x9x5
+6x2x5
+7x3x8
+1x5x9
+3x9x2
+5x9x10
+4x3x6
+3x9x9
+1x10x6
+8x1x2
+6x5x4
+1x4x10
+2x2x8
+2x9x3
+3x8x9
+3x5x9
+10x7x4
+9x4x5
+7x6x8
+9x8x2
+4x4x2
+6x1x10
+9x4x10
+4x1x2
+1x4x2
+1x6x2
+9x4x5
+8x4x9
+3x10x10
+8x4x8
+7x4x2
+2x7x6
+7x7x8
+1x2x1
+7x6x2
+4x4x4
+9x8x3
+7x3x5
+8x4x2
+8x9x2
+1x9x1
+2x4x3
+7x8x8
+4x7x1
+3x7x1
+7x5x8
+5x7x9
+8x3x4
+5x4x1
+10x9x1
+6x1x1
+10x8x9
+9x3x1
+9x2x3
+2x10x2
+4x7x2
+10x4x10