Assuming you possess a total of 'm' dollars, and are accompanied by a group of 'n' friends. For every friend i, where i ranges from 1 to n, the price P[i] of the candy that would bring contentment to the respective friend is known. The objective is to devise a method for allocating a sum of m dollars in a manner that maximizes the number of contented friends. Propose an O(n log n) time greedy algorithm for determining the monetary allocation to be assigned to each friend.

Assuming you possess a total of 'm' dollars, and are accompanied by a group of 'n' friends. For every friend i, where i ranges from 1 to n, the price P[i] of the candy that would bring contentment to the respective friend is known. The objective is to devise a method for allocating a sum of m dollars in a manner that maximizes the number of contented friends. Propose an O(n log n) time greedy algorithm for determining the monetary allocation to be assigned to each friend.

C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design

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Author:D. S. Malik

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Chapter15: Recursion

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