Minimize Max Distance to Gas Station
Explore how to minimize the maximum distance between gas stations by strategically adding new ones along a line. Learn to apply modified binary search techniques to solve this optimization problem efficiently, ensuring precision within a tiny error margin.
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Statement
You are given an integer array, stations, representing the positions of existing gas stations along the x-axis. You are also given an integer k, indicating the number of additional gas stations you must add. These new gas stations can be placed at any position along the x-axis, including non-integer locations.
A penalty is the maximum distance between two adjacent gas stations after placing the k new stations. Your task is to return the smallest possible value of this penalty. An answer is correct if it is within