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Problem: Minimum Number of Lines to Cover Points

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30 min
Understand how to determine the fewest straight lines needed to cover a set of unique points in a 2D coordinate system. This lesson helps you analyze geometric constraints and apply mathematical reasoning to efficiently solve the problem.

Statement

Given a 2D integer array, points, where points[i] =[xi,yi]= [x_i,y_i] represents a point on an XY plane, find the minimum number of straight lines required to cover all the points.

Note: Straight lines will be added to the XY plane to ensure that every point is covered by at least one line.

Constraints:

  • 11\leq points.length 10\leq10

  • points[i].length ==2== 2

  • 100-100\leq xi,yix_i, y_i 100\leq100

  • All the points are unique.

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Problem: Minimum Number of Lines to Cover Points

Medium
30 min
Understand how to determine the fewest straight lines needed to cover a set of unique points in a 2D coordinate system. This lesson helps you analyze geometric constraints and apply mathematical reasoning to efficiently solve the problem.

Statement

Given a 2D integer array, points, where points[i] =[xi,yi]= [x_i,y_i] represents a point on an XY plane, find the minimum number of straight lines required to cover all the points.

Note: Straight lines will be added to the XY plane to ensure that every point is covered by at least one line.

Constraints:

  • 11\leq points.length 10\leq10

  • points[i].length ==2== 2

  • 100-100\leq xi,yix_i, y_i 100\leq100

  • All the points are unique.