CodingMediumcod-g090

Subject Binary searchLevel Mid–Senior~30 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Packages with given integer weights must be shipped in their given order within at most 'days' days. Each day you load consecutive packages onto a ship without exceeding its capacity. Return the minimum ship capacity that lets you ship everything within 'days' days. Assume 1 <= days <= len(weights).

Implement

min_ship_capacity(weights: list[int], days: int) → int

Examples

in[[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10],5]out15

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