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Rearranging Fruits

Explore how to apply greedy algorithms to efficiently rearrange two arrays representing fruit costs. Learn to calculate the minimum cost of making two baskets identical by swapping elements, and understand when the task is impossible. This lesson helps develop problem-solving strategies for optimization problems in coding interviews.

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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 nn fruits. Make the two baskets identical, i.e., both arrays should have the same costs.

To achieve this, perform the following operation as many times as necessary:

  1. Select two indexes, ii and jj ...