GOOGLE - BOATS TO SAVE PEOPLE (LeetCode)

This is one of Google's most commonly asked interview questions according to LeetCode (2019)! Boats to Save People coding solution. If you give me 5 minutes you'll thank me if this appears during your interview! Coding Interviews Boats to Save People (LeetCode) question and explanation.

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This question is commonly asked by the following companies: Google

Link to problem: https://leetcode.com/problems/boats-to-save-people/

Intuition behind solution: Sort the array of people. Iterate through the people with a pointer i starting at the first person (lightest) and a pointer j starting at the last person (heaviest) Greedily try and either...
1. Pair the heaviest and lightest person together in a boat (increment i and decrement j)
2. Simply take the heaviest in a boat alone (only decrement j)
and then increment the number of boats used. Once i and j cross, return the number of boats you have used.

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