I Didn't "Learn" Sliding Window — I Got Cornered Into It
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The Problem Given nums list and k operations, where one operation increments one element by 1, find the maximum possible frequency of any value after at most k operations. Example: nums = [1, 4, 8, 13], k = 5. Best you can do: turn [1, 4] into [4, 4] (cost 3), then you've got 2 operations left over — not enough to reach 8. Answer: 2. 1. Approach 1 — Brute Force Crux idea: I have k identical operations and N slots (elements). Distribute the k operations among the N slots