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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