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Solution: Minimum Number of Refueling Stops

Explore how to apply a greedy algorithm to determine the minimum number of refueling stops needed for a car to reach a target distance. Understand using a max-heap to select the best fuel stations and implement an efficient solution that balances reaching the destination with minimal stops.

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] ...