Package g2401_2500.s2448_minimum_cost_to_make_array_equal

Class Solution

java.lang.Object

g2401_2500.s2448_minimum_cost_to_make_array_equal.Solution

public class Solution
extends Object

2448 - Minimum Cost to Make Array Equal.

Hard

You are given two 0-indexed arrays nums and cost consisting each of n positive integers.

You can do the following operation any number of times:

• Increase or decrease any element of the array nums by 1.

The cost of doing one operation on the ith element is cost[i].

Return the minimum total cost such that all the elements of the array nums become equal.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,3,5,2], cost = [2,3,1,14]

Output: 8

Explanation: We can make all the elements equal to 2 in the following way:

• Increase the 0^th element one time. The cost is 2.

• Decrease the 1^st element one time. The cost is 3.

• Decrease the 2^nd element three times. The cost is 1 + 1 + 1 = 3.

• The total cost is 2 + 3 + 3 = 8. It can be shown that we cannot make the array equal with a smaller cost.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,2,2,2,2], cost = [4,2,8,1,3]

Output: 0

Explanation: All the elements are already equal, so no operations are needed.

Constraints:

• n == nums.length == cost.length
• 1 <= n <= 105
• 1 <= nums[i], cost[i] <= 106

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Solution()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	minCost(int[] nums, int[] cost)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Solution

public Solution()

Method Detail

minCost

public long minCost(int[] nums,
                    int[] cost)