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Determine Minimum Partitions Required

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Problem statement

You were given a list of partitions and partitions used, determine the minimum amount of partitions required to fit all partitions. Data can be moved in chunks.

Function

determineMinPartitionsRequired(partitions: int[], partitionsUsed: int[]) → int

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determineMinPartitionsRequired has the following parameters:

1. int[] partitions: an array of integers representing the size of each partition
2. int[] partitionsUsed: an array of integers representing the used space in each partition

Returns

int: the minimum number of partitions required

Examples

Example 1

partitions = [10, 15, 15, 20]partitionsUsed = [5, 10, 15, 5]return = 2

Explanation: 2 partitions of [15, 20] can accommodate [5, 10, 15, 5].