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+class Solution {
+public:
+    int findMaxConsecutiveOnes(vector<int>& nums) {
+        int answer = 0;
+
+        int secondMostRecentZero = -1;
+        int mostRecentZero = -1;
+
+        for(int i = 0; i < nums.size(); i++) {
+
+            if(nums[i] == 0) {
+                secondMostRecentZero = mostRecentZero;
+                mostRecentZero = i;
+            }
+
+            // for any i, the longest sequence ending at i is
+            // the distance from the second most recent zero
+            // since the most recent can be thought of as flipped
+            answer = max(answer, i-secondMostRecentZero);
+        }
+
+        return answer;
+    }
+};
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