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<div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div>
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<style>
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  body{display:grid;place-items:center;background:#191919}
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  body>div {
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    width: 100;
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    height: 150;
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    background: #4F77FF;
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    border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0;
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    display: flex;
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    place-items:end;
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    position:relative;
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    --num: 0;
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  }
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  div:nth-child(1) {--num: 1}
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  div:nth-child(2) {--num: 2}
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  div:nth-child(3) {--num: 3}
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  div:nth-child(4) {--num: 4}
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  div:nth-child(5) {--num: 5}
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  div + div {
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    width: 99%;
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    height: 20;
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    position:absolute;
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    background: #191919;
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    bottom:calc((var(--num) - 1) * 24px);
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    left:calc(var(--num) * 20px);
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  }
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</style>
We had to stop solving this due to time constraints and before we actually got somewhere. I've tried looking into counters and using that as a variable. Turns out, this is not possible to use a counter inside a calc right now. To still make it work somewhat, I've used a variable.
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