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Solution: Rearranging Fruits

Solution: Rearranging Fruits

Let’s solve the Rearranging Fruits problem using the Greedy Techniques pattern.

Statement

Given two 0-indexed integer arrays, basket1 and basket2, representing the cost of each fruit in the basket. Each basket contains nn fruits. Make the two baskets identical, i.e., both arrays should have the same weights.

To achieve this, perform the following operation as many times as necessary:

  1. Select two indexes, ii and jj, and swap the fruit at index ii in basket1 with the fruit at index jj in basket2.

  2. The cost of this swap is min(basket1[i], basket2[j]).

The two baskets are considered identical if, after sorting the fruits by cost, both baskets contain exactly the same costs.

Return the minimum cost required to make the baskets identical, or 1-1 ...