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Solution: Closest Node to Path in Tree

Explore how to solve the problem of finding the closest node on a path between two nodes in a tree to a third node. Learn to implement BFS to find paths, compute shortest distances, and select the optimal node based on minimum distance and index. Understand the approach and its time and space complexities.

Statement

You are given a positive integer, n, representing the number of nodes in a tree, numbered from 00 to n1n-1. You are also given a 2D integer array edges of length n1n-1, where edges[i] =[ui,vi]= [u_i, v_i] indicates that there is a bidirectional edge connecting nodes uiu_i and viv_i.

You are also given a 2D integer array query of length mm, where query[i] =[starti,endi,nodei]= [start_i, end_i, node_i] ...