Showing posts with label coding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coding. Show all posts

Check if an array has duplicate numbers in O(n) time and O(1) space

We have array  a[ ]= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 10};
And we need to find a number which is duplicate in O(n) and Space complexity O(1)

Possible sizes of bus to carry n groups of friends

There are n groups of friends, and each group is numbered from 1 to n. The ith group contains ai people. 
They live near a bus stop, and only a single bus operates on this route. An empty bus arrives at the bus stop and all the groups want to travel by the bus.