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Egg Dropping
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#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
// A utility function to get maximum of two integers
int max(int a, int b) { return (a > b)? a: b; }
/* Function to get minimum number of trials needed in worst
case with n eggs and k floors */
int eggDrop(int n, int k)
{
// If there are no floors, then no trials needed. OR if there is
// one floor, one trial needed.
if (k == 1 || k == 0)
return k;
// We need k trials for one egg and k floors
if (n == 1)
return k;
int min = INT_MAX, x, res;
// Consider all droppings from 1st floor to kth floor and
// return the minimum of these values plus 1.
for (x = 1; x <= k; x++)
{
res = max(eggDrop(n-1, x-1), eggDrop(n, k-x));
if (res < min)
min = res;
}
return min + 1;
}
/* Driver program to test to pront printDups*/
int main()
{
int n = 2, k = 10;
cout << "Minimum number of trials in worst case with "
<< n << " eggs and " << k << " floors is "
<< eggDrop(n, k) << endl;
return 0;
}
// This code is contributed
// by Akanksha Rai