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Solution: Minimum Operations to Make the Integer Zero

Explore how to determine the minimum number of operations needed to reduce a given integer to zero by subtracting sums of powers of two plus a constant value. This lesson teaches you to apply bitwise manipulation and set bit counting strategies to solve the problem efficiently within fixed constraints.

Statement

You are given two integers num1 and num2.

In a single operation, you may select any integer i within the range [0,60][0, 60] and subtract (2i ...