Solution: Rearranging Fruits
Let’s solve the Rearranging Fruits problem using the Greedy Techniques pattern.
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Statement
Given two 0-indexed integer arrays, basket1
and basket2
, representing the cost of each fruit in the basket. Each basket contains
To achieve this, perform the following operation as many times as necessary:
Select two indexes,
and , and swap the fruit at index in basket1
with the fruit at indexin basket2
.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