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Given two positive integers N and K, the task is to find the sum of the quotients of the division of N by powers of K which are less than or equal to N.

Examples:

Input: N = 10, K = 2
Output: 18
Explanation:
Dividing 10 by 1 (= 20). Quotient = 10. Therefore, sum = 10. 
Dividing 10 by 2 (= 21). Quotient = 5. Therefore, sum = 15. 
Divide 10 by 4 (= 22). Quotient = 2. Therefore, sum = 17. 
Divide 10 by 8 (= 23). Quotient = 1. Therefore, sum = 18. 

Input: N = 5, K=2
Output: 8
Explanation:
Dividing 5 by 1 (= 20). Quotient = 5. Therefore, sum = 5. 
Divide 5 by 2 (= 21). Quotient = 2. Therefore, sum = 7. 
Divide 5 by 4 (= 22). Quotient = 1. Therefore, sum = 8. 

Approach: The idea is to iterate a loop while the current power of K is less than or equal to N and keep adding the quotient to the sum in each iteration.
Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

  • Initialize a variable, say sum, to store the required sum.
  • Initialize a variable, say i = 1 (= K0) to store the powers of K.
  • Iterate until the value of i ? N, and perform the following operations:
    • Store the quotient obtained on dividing N by i in a variable, say X.
    • Add the value of X to ans and multiply i by K to obtain the next power of K.
  • Print the value of the sum as the result.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to calculate sum of
// quotients obtained by dividing
// N by powers of K <= N
int findSum(int N, int K)
{
    // Store the required sum
    int ans = 0;
    int i = 1;
 
    // Iterate until i exceeds N
    while (i <= N) {
 
        // Update sum
        ans += N / i;
 
        // Multiply i by K to
        // obtain next power of K
        i = i * K;
    }
 
    // Print the result
    cout << ans;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Given N and K
    int N = 10, K = 2;
    findSum(N, K);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
class GFG
{
 
  // Function to calculate sum of
  // quotients obtained by dividing
  // N by powers of K <= N
  static void findSum(int N, int K)
  {
 
    // Store the required sum
    int ans = 0;
    int i = 1;
 
    // Iterate until i exceeds N
    while (i <= N)
    {
 
      // Update sum
      ans += N / i;
 
      // Multiply i by K to
      // obtain next power of K
      i = i * K;
    }
 
    // Print the result
    System.out.println(ans);
  }
 
  // Driver Code
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    // Given N and K
    int N = 10, K = 2;
    findSum(N, K);
  }
}
 
// This code is contributed by shubhamsingh10


Python3




# Python3 program for the above approach
 
# Function to calculate sum of
# quotients obtained by dividing
# N by powers of K <= N
def findSum(N, K):
   
    # Store the required sum
    ans = 0
    i = 1
 
    # Iterate until i exceeds N
    while (i <= N):
 
        # Update sum
        ans += N // i
 
        # Multiply i by K to
        # obtain next power of K
        i = i * K
 
    # Print the result
    print (ans)
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
   
    # Given N and K
    N, K = 10, 2
    findSum(N, K)
 
    # This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29.


C#




// C# program for the above approach
using System;
 
class GFG{
     
// Function to calculate sum of
// quotients obtained by dividing
// N by powers of K <= N
static void findSum(int N, int K)
{
 
    // Store the required sum
    int ans = 0;
    int i = 1;
     
    // Iterate until i exceeds N
    while (i <= N)
    {
         
        // Update sum
        ans += N / i;
         
        // Multiply i by K to
        // obtain next power of K
        i = i * K;
    }
     
    // Print the result
    Console.Write(ans);
}
 
// Driver code
static void Main()
{
     
    // Given N and K
    int N = 10, K = 2;
     
    findSum(N, K);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by code_hunt


Javascript




<script>
 
// javascript program for the above approach
 
// Function to calculate sum of
// quotients obtained by dividing
// N by powers of K <= N
function findSum(N, K)
{
    // Store the required sum
    var ans = 0;
    var i = 1;
 
    // Iterate until i exceeds N
    while (i <= N) {
 
        // Update sum
        ans += Math.floor(N / i);
 
        // Multiply i by K to
        // obtain next power of K
        i = i * K;
    }
 
    // Print the result
    document.write(ans);
}
 
// Driver Code
 
    // Given N and K
    var N = 10, K = 2;
    findSum(N, K);
     
</script>


Output: 

18

 

Time Complexity: O(logK(N))
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

 



Last Updated : 29 Jan, 2022
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