Leetcode Problem 1962. Remove Stones to Minimize the Total

1962. Remove Stones to Minimize the Total

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Greedy Approach with Max Heap

  1. Convert the piles array into a max heap.
  2. Repeat k times: a. Extract the maximum element from the heap. b. Calculate the number of stones to remove (floor(piles[i] / 2)). c. Subtract the number of stones removed from the extracted element. d. Push the updated number of stones back into the heap.
  3. After k operations, sum up all the elements in the heap to get the total number of remaining stones.
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