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Kth Largest Sum in a Binary Tree

Asked atFactSet Research Systems Inc.
1Give yourself 5 minutes
2Answer out loud, not in your head
3Then compare with the answer below
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Stuck? Show a way to structure it+
  1. 01Traverse level by level with a queue
  2. 02Sum exactly the current queue size
  3. 03Insert each level sum into a size-k min-heap
  4. 04Return heap root only if k levels exist
  5. 05Use a wide numeric type

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Then expect these follow-ups

  • When is sorting all level sums simpler?

    Tests: follow-up reasoning

  • How would DFS compute sums by depth?

    Tests: follow-up reasoning

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