CodingHardcod-g313

Subject Binary searchLevel Senior–Staff~35 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

You are given an array nums and an integer threshold. Repeatedly you may pick any index i (1 <= i < len(nums)) where nums[i] > 0, decrement nums[i] by 1 and increment nums[i-1] by 1. After any number of such operations, return the minimum possible value of the maximum element of the array. Constraints: 1 <= len(nums) <= 10^5, 0 <= nums[i] <= 10^9.

Implement

minimize_array_max(nums: list[int]) → int

Examples

in[[3,7,1,6]]out5

What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

Learn the concepts

Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.

Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.