Minimize Max Distance to Gas Station
Try to solve the Minimize Max Distance to Gas Station problem.
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Statement
You are given an integer array, stations
, representing the positions of existing gas stations along the x-axis. You are also given an integer k
, indicating the number of additional gas stations you must add. These new gas stations can be placed at any position along the x-axis, including non-integer locations.
A penalty is the maximum distance between two adjacent gas stations after placing the k
new stations. Your task is to return the smallest possible value of this penalty. An answer is correct if it is within
Constraints:
stations.length
stations[i]
The
stations
array is sorted in a strictly increasing order.k
Examples
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