Painter Problem- Sorting and searching challenges

#1

I am not able to understand what the question is asking exactly. Can two painters paint one board ? or is this question like book allocation problem, i.e. a board is completely painted by one painter only??

#2

Hello @priyanshi.agarwal3405

A board can be painted by one painter only.
Test Case
2 - Number of boards
2 - Number of painters
5 - Time it will take to paint 1 unit of a board
1 10 - Length of boards

So there are two painters
If we allot both the boards to one painter, it will take 55 ((10 + 1)*5) minutes of time
But if we allot board of length 1 to one painter and board of length 10 to the other, it will take 5 minutes by the first and 50 by the other, but the it will take to paint the boards is 50 minutes as all the painters work in parallel.

#3

Okay sir, Thank you so much!!