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Solution: Minimum Number of Refueling Stops

Explore how to solve the minimum refueling stops problem by applying greedy techniques and max-heap data structures. This lesson helps you implement an efficient algorithm to determine the least stops needed to reach a target distance, focusing on optimal fuel selection.

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], where did_i is the distance (in miles) of the ithi^{th} ...