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Understand how to determine the earliest day when two bulbs are turned on with exactly k bulbs off between them. Learn to apply a min heap data structure to efficiently track bulb activation days and analyze the problem using a transformed array of days for an optimal O(n) solution.

Statement

You are given nn bulbs arranged in a row, numbered from 11 to nn. Initially, all bulbs are turned off.

Each day, exactly one bulb is switched on. You are given an array, bulbs of length ...