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java: Assign Mice to Holes

Level : Intermediate
Mentor: Shailendra Chauhan
Type : GuidedLab
Points : 10
Duration : 00:30:00

Lab Details

Problem Statement:

There are N Mice and N holes are placed in a straight line. Each hole can accommodate only 1

mouse. A mouse can stay at his position, move one step right from x to x + 1, or move one step

left from x to x -1. Any of these moves consumes 1 minute. Assign mice to holes so that the time

when the last mouse gets inside a hole is minimized.

Example

Input:

positions of mice are:
4 -4 2
positions of holes are:
4 0 5

Output:

4
Assign mouse at position x = 4 to hole at position x = 4 : Time taken is 0 minutes 
Assign mouse at position x=-4 to hole at position x = 0 : Time taken is 4 minutes 
Assign mouse at position x=2 to hole at position x = 5 : Time taken is 3 minutes 
After 4 minutes all of the mice are in the holes.Since, there is no combination possible 
wherethe last mouse's time is less than 4, answer = 4.
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