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LeetCode 2530, Medium. Topics: Array, Greedy, Heap (Priority Queue). View on LeetCode. Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 17 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:

Problem

You are given a 0-indexed integer array nums and an integer k. You have a starting score of 0. In one operation:
  • choose an index i such that 0 <= i < nums.length,
  • increase your score by nums[i], and
  • replace nums[i] with ceil(nums[i] / 3).
Return the maximum possible score you can attain after applying exactly k operations. The ceiling function ceil(val) is the least integer greater than or equal to val.

Examples

Constraints

  • 1 <= nums.length, k <= 10^5
  • 1 <= nums[i] <= 10^9

Solution

Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:

Complexity

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Last modified on September 7, 2026