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Solution: Minimum Number of Refueling Stops

Explore how to determine the minimum number of refueling stops a car needs to reach a target distance by applying greedy algorithms with max-heap data structures. Understand the step-by-step process of choosing fuel stations optimally and analyze the time and space complexity of this solution.

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] ...