Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)
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Author: Glenn Brookshear, Dennis Brylow
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Chapter 5, Problem 50CRP
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- Consider a group of people divided into two subgroups (of any arbitrary size) with no one having same age in common such that the difference of their sum of ages of both groups is maximum.
- Now according to big-theta notation, we need to find the smallest number and separate it into one group and remaining in another group.
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