Integer Replacement

Problem Highlights

• 🔗 Leetcode Link:
• 💡 Difficulty:
• ⏰ Time to complete: __ mins
• 🛠️ Topics: Recursion, Memoization
• 🗒️ Similar Questions:

1: U-nderstand

Understand what the interviewer is asking for by using test cases and questions about the problem.

• Established a set (2-3) of test cases to verify their own solution later.
• Established a set (1-2) of edge cases to verify their solution handles complexities.
• Have fully understood the problem and have no clarifying questions.
• Have you verified any Time/Space Constraints for this problem?

2: M-atch

Match what this problem looks like to known categories of problems, e.g. Linked List or Dynamic Programming, and strategies or patterns in those categories.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

3: P-lan

Plan the solution with appropriate visualizations and pseudocode.

General Idea:

4: I-mplement

Implement the code to solve the algorithm.

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## 5: R-eview

> **Review** the code by running specific example(s) and recording values (watchlist) of your code's variables along the way.

- Trace through your code with an input to check for the expected output
- Catch possible edge cases and off-by-one errors

## 6: E-valuate

> **Evaluate** the performance of your algorithm and state any strong/weak or future potential work.

* **Time Complexity**: 
* **Space Complexity**: