Practice - Strategy for Solving DP Problems
Practice Questions
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Define what a subproblem is in the context of dynamic programming.
💡 Hint: Think of how a complex problem can be broken down.
What is the purpose of a base case in dynamic programming?
💡 Hint: What would happen without a base case?
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Interactive Quizzes
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Which approach in DP stores the results of subproblems to avoid redundant calculations?
💡 Hint: What word involves caching results?
True or False: In dynamic programming, all problems can be solved using the greedy approach.
💡 Hint: What kind of problems does DP specifically address?
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Challenge Problems
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Develop a DP solution for the longest increasing subsequence problem. Describe your approach step-by-step, including how you will identify subproblems and form your recurrence relation.
💡 Hint: Consider how each number can be part of a sequence going forward.
For the edit distance problem, outline the steps to define the states and write the recurrence relation for transforming one string into another.
💡 Hint: Think about the cost of each transformation when characters differ.
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