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Solution: Minimum Number of Refueling Stops

Explore how to implement a greedy algorithm to find the minimum number of refueling stops needed for a car to reach a target distance. Understand how to use a max-heap to track fuel stations and make optimal refueling decisions. Learn the function design and complexity considerations to apply this pattern effectively.

Statement

You need to find the minimum number of refueling stops that a car needs to make to cover a distance, target. For simplicity, assume that the car has to travel from west to east in a straight line. There are various fuel stations on the way that are represented as a 2-D array of stations, i.e., stations[i] =[di,fi]= [d_i, f_i] ...