Solution: Rearranging Fruits
Explore how to use a greedy algorithm to solve the problem of making two fruit baskets identical by swapping fruits at minimal cost. Understand how frequency counting, sorting, and cost optimization combine to ensure the lowest overall swap cost, and learn to apply these strategies to similar optimization challenges.
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Statement
Given two 0-indexed integer arrays, basket1 and basket2, representing the cost of each fruit in the basket. Each basket contains
To achieve this, perform the following operation as many times as necessary:
Select two indexes,
and , and swap the fruit at index in basket1with the fruit at index...