Leetcode Problem 1954. Minimum Garden Perimeter to Collect Enough Apples

1954. Minimum Garden Perimeter to Collect Enough Apples

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Binary Search for Minimum Perimeter

  1. Initialize two variables, left and right, to represent the range of possible values for n. Set left to 1 and right to a large number (e.g., 1000000) to ensure it covers the possible range.
  2. Perform binary search: a. Calculate mid as the average of left and right. b. Compute the total number of apples using the formula with mid as n. c. If the total number of apples is greater than or equal to neededApples, update right to mid. d. Otherwise, update left to mid + 1.
  3. Continue the binary search until left is equal to right.
  4. The minimum perimeter is 8 * left.
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Iterative Approach to Find Minimum Perimeter

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