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  1. def solve(processes, x):
  2.     processes.sort(reverse=True)
  3.     sum_of_freed_memory = 0
  4.     for i in range(len(processes)):
  5.         sum_of_freed_memory += processes[i]
  6.         if sum_of_freed_memory >= x:
  7.             return (i+1)
  8.     return -1 # to not crash if/when total memory is smaller than x
  9.  
  10. print solve([2, 1, 3, 4, 5], 9)
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 9024KB
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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