Problem
There are n
oranges in the kitchen and you decided to eat some of these oranges every day as follows:
Eat one orange.
If the number of remaining oranges
n
is divisible by2
then you can eatn / 2
oranges.If the number of remaining oranges
n
is divisible by3
then you can eat2 * (n / 3)
oranges.
You can only choose one of the actions per day.
Given the integer n
, return the minimum number of days to eat n
oranges.
Example 1:
Input: n = 10
Output: 4
Explanation: You have 10 oranges.
Day 1: Eat 1 orange, 10 - 1 = 9.
Day 2: Eat 6 oranges, 9 - 2*(9/3) = 9 - 6 = 3. (Since 9 is divisible by 3)
Day 3: Eat 2 oranges, 3 - 2*(3/3) = 3 - 2 = 1.
Day 4: Eat the last orange 1 - 1 = 0.
You need at least 4 days to eat the 10 oranges.
Example 2:
Input: n = 6
Output: 3
Explanation: You have 6 oranges.
Day 1: Eat 3 oranges, 6 - 6/2 = 6 - 3 = 3. (Since 6 is divisible by 2).
Day 2: Eat 2 oranges, 3 - 2*(3/3) = 3 - 2 = 1. (Since 3 is divisible by 3)
Day 3: Eat the last orange 1 - 1 = 0.
You need at least 3 days to eat the 6 oranges.
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 2 * 10^9
Solution
class Solution {
public int minDays(int n) {
return eat(n, new HashMap<>());
}
private int eat(int n, Map<Integer, Integer> cache) {
if (n <= 1) {
return n;
}
Integer cached = cache.get(n);
if (cached != null) {
return cached;
}
int result = Math.min(n % 2 + eat(n / 2, cache), n % 3 + eat(n / 3, cache)) + 1;
cache.put(n, result);
return result;
}
}
Explain:
nope.
Complexity:
- Time complexity : O(n).
- Space complexity : O(n).