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Solution: Minimum Cost to Hire K Workers

Explore how to hire exactly k workers at the minimum total cost by applying the top k elements pattern. Understand proportional pay rules, calculate wage-to-quality ratios, and use a max heap to manage worker selection efficiently. This lesson guides you through implementing a solution with time and space complexity analysis.

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 ithi^{th} ...