Poor Pigs

Intuition

Solution

class Solution(object):
    def poorPigs(self, buckets, minutesToDie, minutesToTest):
        """
        :type buckets: int
        :type minutesToDie: int
        :type minutesToTest: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        n = minutesToTest // minutesToDie
        pigs = 0
        max_buckets = 1
        while max_buckets < buckets:
            max_buckets *= n + 1
            pigs += 1
        return pigs


# TestCode
import unittest


class TestSolution(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_case1(self):
        self.assertEqual(
            Solution().poorPigs(
                4, 15, 15
            ),
            2
        )

    def test_case1(self):
        self.assertEqual(
            Solution().poorPigs(
                1000, 15, 60
            ),
            5
        )


if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()