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LeetCode 1760 · Solution & editorial
You are given an integer array nums where the ith bag contains nums[i] balls. You are also given an integer maxOperations.
Minimum Limit of Balls in a Bag is a Binary Search Patterns problem, in the On Answer / Condition Function subpattern. The pattern covers standard binary search, rotated arrays, first/last occurrence, and search on answer space
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The reference solution runs in O(nlogn) time and O(1) space.
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Minimum Limit of Balls in a Bag is a Binary Search Patterns problem, in the On Answer / Condition Function subpattern. Once the approach above makes sense, write it yourself and then work through the neighbouring problems that reuse it.