diff --git a/2021/day7/7a.py b/2021/day7/7a.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7dc9aa
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+++ b/2021/day7/7a.py
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+positions = [int(i) for i in open("input.txt", 'r').read().split(",")]
+
+width = max(positions)
+bestFuel = len(positions)*width
+bestPos = 0
+
+for i in range(bestFuel):
+	fuelUsed = 0
+	for pos in positions:
+		fuelUsed += abs(i - pos)
+	if fuelUsed > bestFuel:
+		break
+	bestFuel = fuelUsed
+	bestPos = i
+
+print(bestFuel)
+print(bestPos)
diff --git a/2021/day7/input.txt.sample b/2021/day7/input.txt.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18bd32a
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+++ b/2021/day7/input.txt.sample
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+16,1,2,0,4,2,7,1,2,14