C++ Code for Calculation of a Physics Experiment

Suppose, we are performing a physics experiment. We are given n pairs of values and a threshold value k. Each the first value of the pair is added to a total value and the second value of the pair is also added to another total value. Now, we check if a total value is minimum or the (k - total) value is minimum. We do this for both the totals and then add them and print the output.

So, if the input is like n = 4, k = 20, values = {{3, 5}, {4, 3}, {2, 1}, {4, 4}}, then the output will be 14.

Steps

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

a := 0, b = 0
for initialize i := 0, when i < n, update (increase i by 1), do:
   a := a + first value of values[i]
   b := b + second value of values[i]
print(min((a, k - a) + minimum of b and k - b))

Example

Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define N 100
void solve(int n, int k, vector<pair<int,int>> values) {
   int a = 0, b = 0;
   for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
      a += values[i].first;
      b += values[i].second;
   }
   cout<<min(a, k - a) + min(b, k - b);
}
int main() {
   int n = 4, k = 20;
   vector<pair<int,int>> values = {{3, 5}, {4, 3}, {2, 1}, {4, 4}};
   solve(n, k, values);
   return 0;
}

Input

4, 20, {{3, 5}, {4, 3}, {2, 1}, {4, 4}}

Output

14