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Given an array arr[] of N integers, the task is to find the maximum value possible remaining in the array by repeating the following two steps: 

  • Remove any two array elements.
  • Insert the quotient of their division into the array.

Note: We are allowed to change the order of elements.

Examples: 

Input: arr[] = {100, 1000, 10, 2} 
Output: 200 
Explanation: 

  • Remove 100 and 10 from the array. Insert 10 (= 100/10) back into the array.
  • Remove 10 and 2 from the array. Insert 5 into the array.
  • Remove 1000 and 5 from the array. Insert 200 into the array

Hence, the maximum result is 200.

Input: arr[] = {2, 100, 1} 
Output: 50 

Approach: 
To solve the problem mentioned above, we can observe that we will get the maximum result when the elements are sorted in decreasing order and the division operations occur in the sequence arr[0] / ( arr[1] / arr[2] / arr[3]…..arr[n-1]) of the reversely sorted array. Hence, sort the array accordingly and calculate the appropriate result. 

Below code is the implementation of the above approach:  

C++




// C++ implementation to maximize the
// result of division of the given
// array elements
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the max result
float maxDivision(int arr[], int n)
{
 
    // Sort the array in descending order
    sort(arr, arr + n, greater<int>());
 
    float mxdiv = arr[1];
 
    // loop to divide in this order
    // arr[0] / ( arr[1] / arr[2] / ....
    // arr[n-2] / arr[n-1])
    for (int i = 2; i < n; ++i)
        mxdiv = mxdiv / arr[i];
 
    // return the final result
    return arr[0] / mxdiv;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
 
    int arr[] = { 100, 1000, 10, 2 };
 
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    cout << maxDivision(arr, n);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java implementation to maximize the
// result of division of the given
// array elements
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to find the max result
static float maxDivision(Integer arr[], int n)
{
 
    // Sort the array in descending order
    Arrays.sort(arr, Collections.reverseOrder());
 
    float mxdiv = arr[1];
 
    // Loop to divide in this order
    // arr[0] / ( arr[1] / arr[2] / ....
    // arr[n-2] / arr[n-1])
    for(int i = 2; i < n; ++i)
       mxdiv = mxdiv / arr[i];
 
    // Return the final result
    return arr[0] / mxdiv;
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
 
    Integer arr[] = { 100, 1000, 10, 2 };
    int n = arr.length;
 
    System.out.print((int)maxDivision(arr, n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by amal kumar choubey


Python3




# Python3 implementation to maximize
# the result of division of the
# given array elements
 
# Function to find the max result
def maxDivision(arr, n):
     
    # Sort the array in descending order
    arr.sort(reverse = True)
    mxdiv = arr[1]
     
    # Loop to divide in this order
    # arr[0] / ( arr[1] / arr[2] / ....
    # arr[n-2] / arr[n-1])
    for i in range(2, n):
        mxdiv = mxdiv / arr[i]
         
    # Return the final result
    return arr[0] / mxdiv
 
# Driver code
arr = [ 100, 1000, 10, 2 ]
n = len(arr)
 
print(maxDivision(arr, n))
 
# This code is contributed by ishayadav181


C#




// C# implementation to maximize the
// result of division of the given
// array elements
using System;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to find the max result
static float maxDivision(int []arr, int n)
{
 
    // Sort the array in descending order
    Array.Sort(arr);
    Array.Reverse(arr);
 
    float mxdiv = arr[1];
 
    // Loop to divide in this order
    // arr[0] / ( arr[1] / arr[2] / ....
    // arr[n-2] / arr[n-1])
    for(int i = 2; i < n; ++i)
       mxdiv = mxdiv / arr[i];
 
    // Return the readonly result
    return arr[0] / mxdiv;
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    int []arr = { 100, 1000, 10, 2 };
    int n = arr.Length;
 
    Console.Write((int)maxDivision(arr, n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by amal kumar choubey


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript implementation to maximize
// the result of division of the given
// array elements
 
// Function to find the max result
function maxDivision(arr, n)
{
     
    // Sort the array in descending order
    arr.sort((a, b) => b - a);
   
    let mxdiv = arr[1];
   
    // Loop to divide in this order
    // arr[0] / ( arr[1] / arr[2] / ....
    // arr[n-2] / arr[n-1])
    for(let i = 2; i < n; ++i)
        mxdiv = mxdiv / arr[i];
   
    // Return the final result
    return arr[0] / mxdiv;
}
  
// Driver Code
let arr = [ 100, 1000, 10, 2 ];
let n = arr.length;
 
document.write(maxDivision(arr, n));
 
// This code is contributed by susmitakundugoaldanga
 
</script>


Output: 

200

 

Time Complexity: O(N log N)
Auxiliary space: O(1)



Last Updated : 19 Oct, 2022
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