Citadel

Interview Question

Software Engineer Interview
Citadel

You have a worker and a gold bar. The worker will work for you for 15 days. He must have x/15 of the gold bar after the xth day of work. What is the minimum number of cuts you need to make to the gold bar to pay the worker accordingly?

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