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Solution: Minimum Cost to Hire K Workers

Explore how to minimize hiring costs for k workers by applying the top k elements pattern. Understand proportional wage payment based on worker quality and use a max heap to manage selections efficiently. This lesson guides you through sorting worker ratios and calculating the optimum total wage.

Statement

You are given nn workers, each characterized by two attributes:

  • quality[i]: Represents the work quality of the ithi^{th} worker.

  • wage[i]: Represents the minimum wage expectation of the ...