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Grokking the Coding Interview Patterns in C++

Solution: Two City Scheduling

Explore the Two City Scheduling problem and learn how to implement a greedy technique in C++ that minimizes total interview costs by optimally assigning candidates to two cities. Understand sorting by cost differences and applying this strategy efficiently.

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Statement

A recruiter plans to hire n\textbf{\textit{n}} people and conducts their interviews at two different locations of the company. He evaluates the cost of inviting candidates to both these locations. The plan is to invite 50% at one location, and the rest at the other location, keeping costs to a minimum.

We are given an array, costs, where costs[i]=[aCosti,bCosti]costs[i] = [aCost_i, bCost_i], the cost of inviting the ithi^{th} person to City ...