题目
Given a non-empty integer array of size n, find the minimum number of moves required to make all array elements equal, where a move is incrementing n - 1 elements by 1.
Example:
Input:
[1,2,3]
Output:
3
Explanation:
Only three moves are needed (remember each move increments two elements):
[1,2,3] => [2,3,3] => [3,4,3] => [4,4,4]
难度
Easy
方法
这是一个数学题,假设数组中最小的数为min
,需要移动x
次,最后数组中的数都为m
,则其实是一个求x
的方法
(n - 1) * x + sum = n * m
min + x = m
nx - x + sum = n * (min + x)
nx - x + sum = n * min + nx
sum - x = n * min
x = sum - n * min
python代码
class Solution(object):
def minMoves(self, nums):
"""
:type nums: List[int]
:rtype: int
"""
nums = sorted(nums)
return sum(nums) - len(nums) * nums[0]
assert Solution().minMoves([1,2,3]) == 3
assert Solution().minMoves([1,1,3]) == 2