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Problem Statement for "MinProduct"

Problem Statement

You are given an array amount with exactly 10 elements, where the i-th element denotes the number of copies of the digit i you have.

You would like to construct two nonnegative integers A and B. The base-10 representation of A must have exactly blank1 digits. The base-10 representation of B must have exactly blank2 digits. It is allowed for A and B to contain leading zeros. In addition, the total number of appearances of digit i in the numbers A and B must be at most amount[i]. It's guaranteed that the sum of amount is at least blank1 + blank2.

Among all valid pairs (A, B), find the one for which A * B is minimal. Return the smallest possible value of the product A * B.

Definition

Class:
MinProduct
Method:
findMin
Parameters:
int[], int, int
Returns:
long
Method signature:
long findMin(int[] amount, int blank1, int blank2)
(be sure your method is public)

Constraints

  • amount will have exactly 10 elements.
  • Each element of amount will be between 0 and 20.
  • blank1, blank2 will be between 1 and 9, inclusive.
  • The sum of elements in amount will be at least blank1 + blank2.

Examples

  1. {0,1,1,2,1,1,0,0,0,0}

    2

    3

    Returns: 3042

    In this case, we have the numbers {1,2,3,3,4,5}. A must consist of 2 digits, and B must consist of 3 digits. In this case, one optimal solution is to let A = 13 and B = 234. Then, A * B = 3042. We can show that no other way of assigning digits will give a strictly smaller value A * B.

  2. {1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1}

    1

    8

    Returns: 0

    We can let A = 0, B = 98765432.

  3. {1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}

    2

    2

    Returns: 11

    It is allowed for A or B to have leading zeros.

  4. {0,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20}

    9

    9

    Returns: 12345678987654321

  5. {1,0,0,0,1,0,0,5,3,2}

    9

    3

    Returns: 36556078253

  6. {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18}

    9

    8

    Returns: 99999998900000001

  7. {5,1,1,3,2,0,20,4,5,2}

    7

    9

    Returns: 3034806658

  8. {1,1,1,1,3,1,0,1,1,0}

    2

    1

    Returns: 0

  9. {1,0,3,2,2,2,3,2,3,1}

    1

    3

    Returns: 0

  10. {3,3,5,3,2,2,5,3,2,4}

    8

    5

    Returns: 134444563

  11. {2,2,1,6,5,3,2,2,2,5}

    4

    7

    Returns: 15999996

  12. {1,2,2,2,3,1,3,1,2,1}

    2

    2

    Returns: 12

  13. {4,0,2,3,0,0,3,1,2,4}

    3

    2

    Returns: 0

  14. {4,2,2,2,4,4,2,1,4,2}

    5

    7

    Returns: 1223344

  15. {1,2,1,4,1,2,0,0,1,1}

    1

    3

    Returns: 0

  16. {2,3,1,1,1,0,0,1,3,2}

    1

    5

    Returns: 0

  17. {2,2,2,2,4,2,2,2,1,1}

    1

    6

    Returns: 0

  18. {1,1,4,2,1,3,6,2,3,2}

    5

    6

    Returns: 273285465

  19. {2,2,2,3,1,5,1,2,5,1}

    3

    6

    Returns: 122333

  20. {3,2,2,3,1,2,1,1,3,5}

    3

    8

    Returns: 0

  21. {0,1,3,2,2,3,2,3,1,1}

    5

    1

    Returns: 22233

  22. {0,1,2,6,2,6,5,3,1,4}

    9

    8

    Returns: 2877956902042525

  23. {5,2,3,3,0,1,5,1,3,1}

    3

    3

    Returns: 0

  24. {3,3,3,2,3,0,2,4,2,1}

    3

    4

    Returns: 0

  25. {1,3,0,5,6,4,1,2,1,3}

    8

    1

    Returns: 0

  26. {1,1,0,1,1,3,5,2,2,1}

    3

    6

    Returns: 4977924

  27. {7,2,0,4,0,1,2,2,5,1}

    7

    1

    Returns: 0

  28. {0,2,1,3,0,0,4,1,0,2}

    5

    7

    Returns: 16529372514

  29. {2,2,2,2,3,0,1,0,0,3}

    8

    4

    Returns: 148013352

  30. {3,4,1,11,0,3,3,1,4,1}

    5

    7

    Returns: 12356663

  31. {2,1,1,2,1,1,0,2,2,3}

    4

    2

    Returns: 0

  32. {1,0,2,2,3,1,0,0,2,0}

    2

    7

    Returns: 4668890

  33. {1,2,4,0,2,1,1,2,3,2}

    9

    2

    Returns: 122224456

  34. {0,0,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,0}

    2

    4

    Returns: 53935

  35. {2,2,2,4,2,1,0,2,1,1}

    4

    5

    Returns: 147996

  36. {4,1,3,5,2,2,1,5,4,5}

    6

    8

    Returns: 268000008

  37. {3,0,1,4,0,4,1,2,2,1}

    8

    2

    Returns: 0

  38. {1,5,1,2,4,1,1,0,0,0}

    8

    1

    Returns: 0

  39. {2,2,3,3,2,0,3,2,3,3}

    4

    7

    Returns: 14680008

  40. {4,2,2,4,2,0,5,3,1,4}

    2

    9

    Returns: 0

  41. {3,2,4,4,5,2,2,1,2,3}

    5

    4

    Returns: 12222

  42. {2,2,3,4,2,4,7,0,1,1}

    4

    3

    Returns: 1222

  43. {1,1,4,2,4,4,2,3,1,0}

    7

    5

    Returns: 2732725012

  44. {1,4,2,2,2,2,1,1,0,3}

    5

    2

    Returns: 11122

  45. {3,0,4,3,2,0,1,3,2,3}

    2

    4

    Returns: 0

  46. {0,3,1,1,3,1,5,6,3,4}

    4

    7

    Returns: 1411337844

  47. {4,5,3,1,3,5,2,4,1,3}

    6

    6

    Returns: 1223442

  48. {2,0,1,6,4,0,1,1,8,1}

    7

    7

    Returns: 77805962964

  49. {1,2,4,1,2,2,4,3,1,1}

    2

    7

    Returns: 1222234

  50. {3,2,1,1,0,3,3,1,5,3}

    8

    9

    Returns: 1703446001728

  51. {1,7,2,1,2,0,5,1,3,3}

    9

    8

    Returns: 123609077653836

  52. {2,0,1,1,1,2,4,0,2,2}

    2

    2

    Returns: 0

  53. {2,4,1,3,3,3,0,3,2,4}

    2

    8

    Returns: 0

  54. {0,0,2,0,1,4,3,0,4,0}

    2

    2

    Returns: 600

  55. {1,0,1,4,0,0,0,1,2,1}

    3

    3

    Returns: 7659

  56. {1,2,1,2,1,0,4,3,1,5}

    9

    4

    Returns: 16564001271

  57. {1,2,4,3,0,2,1,3,1,2}

    3

    7

    Returns: 14667996

  58. {1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 5, 3, 2 }

    9

    3

    Returns: 36556078253

  59. {8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20 }

    9

    9

    Returns: 8999999991

  60. {2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 }

    9

    9

    Returns: 152415676390796

  61. {0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 }

    2

    3

    Returns: 3042

  62. {1, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }

    2

    2

    Returns: 11

  63. {2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 }

    4

    4

    Returns: 92624

  64. {8, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 }

    5

    5

    Returns: 0

  65. {0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 }

    9

    9

    Returns: 15241578750190521

  66. {8, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20 }

    9

    9

    Returns: 999999999

  67. {0, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 }

    9

    9

    Returns: 12345925877777284

  68. {0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20 }

    3

    1

    Returns: 199

  69. {0, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20 }

    9

    9

    Returns: 12345678987654321

  70. {2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }

    2

    2

    Returns: 0

  71. {0, 0, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 0, 3 }

    9

    9

    Returns: 52138798846238922

  72. {4, 3, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }

    5

    7

    Returns: 1122222


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