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December 16, 2023 |2.8K Views
PROBLEM OF THE DAY : 15/12/2023 | Reach the Nth point
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Welcome to the daily solving of our PROBLEM OF THE DAY with Karan Mashru. We will discuss the entire problem step-by-step and work towards developing an optimized solution. This will not only help you brush up on your concepts of Dynamic Programming but also build up problem-solving skills.

In this problem, there are N points on the road, you can step ahead by 1 or 2. If you start from point 0, and can only move from point i to point i+1 after taking a step of length one, find the number of ways you can reach point N.

Example :

Input: 
N = 4
Output: 
5

Explanation: Three ways to reach at 4thpoint. They are {1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 2}, {1, 2, 1} {2, 1, 1}, {2, 2}.

Give the problem a try before going through the video. All the best!!!
Problem Link: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/reach-the-nth-point5433/1