2499. Minimum Total Cost to Make Arrays Unequal ¶
Problem
You are given two 0-indexed integer arrays nums1
and nums2
, of equal length n
.
In one operation, you can swap the values of any two indices of nums1
. The cost of this operation is the sum of the indices.
Find the minimum total cost of performing the given operation any number of times such that nums1[i] != nums2[i]
for all 0 <= i <= n - 1
after performing all the operations.
Return the minimum total cost such that nums1
and nums2
satisfy the above condition. In case it is not possible, return -1
.
Example 1:
Input: nums1 = [1,2,3,4,5], nums2 = [1,2,3,4,5] Output: 10 Explanation: One of the ways we can perform the operations is: - Swap values at indices 0 and 3, incurring cost = 0 + 3 = 3. Now, nums1 = [4,2,3,1,5] - Swap values at indices 1 and 2, incurring cost = 1 + 2 = 3. Now, nums1 = [4,3,2,1,5]. - Swap values at indices 0 and 4, incurring cost = 0 + 4 = 4. Now, nums1 =[5,3,2,1,4]. We can see that for each index i, nums1[i] != nums2[i]. The cost required here is 10. Note that there are other ways to swap values, but it can be proven that it is not possible to obtain a cost less than 10.
Example 2:
Input: nums1 = [2,2,2,1,3], nums2 = [1,2,2,3,3] Output: 10 Explanation: One of the ways we can perform the operations is: - Swap values at indices 2 and 3, incurring cost = 2 + 3 = 5. Now, nums1 = [2,2,1,2,3]. - Swap values at indices 1 and 4, incurring cost = 1 + 4 = 5. Now, nums1 = [2,3,1,2,2]. The total cost needed here is 10, which is the minimum possible.
Example 3:
Input: nums1 = [1,2,2], nums2 = [1,2,2] Output: -1 Explanation: It can be shown that it is not possible to satisfy the given conditions irrespective of the number of operations we perform. Hence, we return -1.
Constraints:
n == nums1.length == nums2.length
1 <= n <= 105
1 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= n