Capital One | 2 July, 2025 | Array Reduction Simulation | OA

Question · Posted Apr 2026

Array Reduction Simulation Problem Statement: You are given numbers, an array of non-negative integers. Your task is to perform the following algorithm on this array: Step 1. Find the index i of the leftmost non-zero element numbers[i] = x != 0. If there is no such element, finish the algorithm. Step 2. Starting at index i and going to the right, attempt to subtract x from each element. If the element is strictly less than x, move on to step ...

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