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Solution: Minimum Cost to Hire K Workers

Explore how to determine the minimum cost of hiring exactly K workers by applying the top K elements pattern. This lesson guides you through using wage-to-quality ratios, sorting, and max heaps to ensure proportional pay while minimizing total wage cost.

Statement

You are given nn workers, each characterized by two attributes:

  • quality[i]: Represents the work quality of the ithi^{th} worker.

  • wage[i]: Represents the minimum wage expectation of the ...