Leetcode Problem 2226. Maximum Candies Allocated to K Children

2226. Maximum Candies Allocated to K Children

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Binary Search to Find Maximum Candies per Child

  1. Initialize left to 1 and right to the maximum value in the candies array.
  2. Perform binary search while left is less than or equal to right: a. Calculate mid as the average of left and right. b. Check if it is possible to divide the piles into at least k sub piles of size mid. c. If it is possible, update left to mid + 1 and set result to mid (potential answer). d. If it is not possible, update right to mid - 1.
  3. Return result as the maximum number of candies per child.
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