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CodingEasycod-g1438
Subject GreedyLevel Entry–Mid~12 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

A lakeside rental shop seats at most two people per kayak, and each kayak can carry at most limit kilograms in total. weights lists each customer's weight, and no single customer exceeds the limit. Return the minimum number of kayaks needed to get everyone on the water at once. Example: weights [70, 50, 80, 50] with limit 120 needs 3 kayaks.

Implement
min_kayaks(weights: list[int], limit: int) → int
Examples
in[[70,50,80,50],120]out3
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