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Grokking the Coding Interview Patterns in C#

Solution: Two City Scheduling

Explore the greedy technique to solve the Two City Scheduling problem by analyzing cost differences between two locations. Learn how to sort candidates to minimize total interview expenses while ensuring equal distribution. Understand the approach's time and space complexity to optimize real-world resource allocation.

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Statement

A recruiter plans to hire n\textbf{\textit{n}} people and conducts their interviews at two different locations of the company. He evaluates the cost of inviting candidates to both these locations. The plan is to invite 50% at one location, and the rest at the other location, keeping costs to a minimum.

We are given an array, costs, where costs[i]=[aCosti,bCosti]costs[i] = [aCost_i, bCost_i], the cost of inviting the ithi^{th} person to City ...