Dsa
Dynamic Programming
Medium
Minimize Distance in Array
You are given an array of integers representing the positions of houses on a street. Your goal is to minimize the maximum distance between any two adjacent houses by determining optimal new positions to add houses. Write a function that takes an array and the number of houses to add, returning the minimized maximum distance.
Input format:
- The first line contains two integers n and k, where n is the number of current houses and k is the number of new houses to add.
- The second line contains n space-separated integers representing the positions of the houses.
Output format:
- A single integer representing the minimized maximum distance between adjacent houses.
Example:
Input:
5 2
1 2 8 10 12
Output:
2
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