We’re back to doing another simple UVa Online Judge problem, and this time we take on problem 102, Ecological Bin Packing. In the problem we are asked to solve a bin packing problem about recycling glass. It can be easily solved with brute force, but requires careful coding. Enough yapping, let’s take a look at the problem description.
Interpretation
We have three bins, each of which contains some number of bottles. There are three types of bottles; brown, green and clear, denoted by “B”, “G” and “C”, respectively. We are given how many bottles of each type are in each bin. Continue reading →