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Distribute N in a sequence having K-sized groups of 1, 2, 4 and so on

Given a number N, and an integer K. The task is to distribute N in a sequence such that the first K numbers of the sequence is 20, the next K numbers are 21, and so on such that the sum of the sequence is at most N. Find the largest size of the sequence.

Examples:

Input: N = 35, K = 5
Output: 15
Explanation: The sequence is 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4.
The summation of the sequence is 35.  

Input: N = 16, K = 3
Output: 8
Explanation: The sequence is 1 1 1 2 2 2 4.
The summation of the sequence is 13, which is less that 16 

 

Approach: Follow the below steps to solve the problem: 

  • Let variable ans store the output of the program.
  • Take a loop from 1 to i, which calculates the size of the sequence up to which K*pow(2, i) < N. By adding K to ans and subtracting K*pow(2, i) from N in each loop.
  • The size of the remaining sequence is calculated by adding N/pow(2, i) to ans.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ code to implement the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the size of sequence
int get(int N, int K)
{
    int ans = 0;
    int i = 0;
 
    // Loop to calculate size of sequence
    // upto which K*pow(2, i) < N.
    while (K * pow(2, i) < N) {
        N -= (K * pow(2, i));
        i++;
        ans += K;
    }
 
    // Calculate Size of remaining sequence
    ans += N / (pow(2, i));
    return ans;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int N, K;
    N = 35;
    K = 5;
    cout << get(N, K);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java code to implement the above approach
class GFG {
 
  // Function to find the size of sequence
  static int get(int N, int K)
  {
    int ans = 0;
    int i = 0;
 
    // Loop to calculate size of sequence
    // upto which K*pow(2, i) < N.
    while (K * (int)Math.pow(2, i) < N) {
      N -= (K * (int)Math.pow(2, i));
      i++;
      ans += K;
    }
 
    // Calculate Size of remaining sequence
    ans += N / (int)(Math.pow(2, i));
    return ans;
  }
 
  // Driver code
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    int N, K;
    N = 35;
    K = 5;
    System.out.print(get(N, K));
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed by ukasp.


Python3




# Python code to implement the above approach
 
# Function to find the size of sequence
def get (N, K):
    ans = 0;
    i = 0;
 
    # Loop to calculate size of sequence
    # upto which K*pow(2, i) < N.
    while (K * (2 ** i) < N):
        N -= (K * (2 ** i));
        i += 1
        ans += K;
 
    # Calculate Size of remaining sequence
    ans += (N // (2 ** i));
    return ans;
 
# Driver code
N = 35;
K = 5;
print(get(N, K));
 
# This code is contributed by Saurabh Jaiswal


C#




// C# code to implement the above approach
using System;
class GFG
{
 
  // Function to find the size of sequence
  static int get(int N, int K)
  {
    int ans = 0;
    int i = 0;
 
    // Loop to calculate size of sequence
    // upto which K*pow(2, i) < N.
    while (K * (int)Math.Pow(2, i) < N) {
      N -= (K * (int)Math.Pow(2, i));
      i++;
      ans += K;
    }
 
    // Calculate Size of remaining sequence
    ans += N / (int)(Math.Pow(2, i));
    return ans;
  }
 
  // Driver code
  public static void Main()
  {
    int N, K;
    N = 35;
    K = 5;
    Console.Write(get(N, K));
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed b Samim Hossain Mondal.


Javascript




<script>
    // JavaScript code to implement the above approach
 
    // Function to find the size of sequence
    const get = (N, K) => {
        let ans = 0;
        let i = 0;
 
        // Loop to calculate size of sequence
        // upto which K*pow(2, i) < N.
        while (K * Math.pow(2, i) < N) {
            N -= (K * Math.pow(2, i));
            i++;
            ans += K;
        }
 
        // Calculate Size of remaining sequence
        ans += parseInt(N / (Math.pow(2, i)));
        return ans;
    }
 
    // Driver code
 
    let N, K;
    N = 35;
    K = 5;
    document.write(get(N, K));
 
// This code is contributed by rakeshsahni
 
</script>


 
 

Output

15

Time Complexity: O(log(N)) where the base of log is K
Auxiliary Space: O(1) 

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17 Jan, 2022
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