Allocate Minimum Pages
Amazon● HardNEW GRADONSITE INTERVIEWProblem statement
You are given an array pages, where pages[i] is the number of pages in the i-th book, and an integer students.
Allocate every book to exactly one student so that:
The problem statement continues
ProExamples
Example 1
pages = [12,34,67,90]students = 2return = 113Allocate [12,34,67] and [90]. The larger load is 113, and no valid split has a smaller maximum.
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