Create maximum-profit-of-operating-a-centennial-wheel.py

Author: kamyu104

Python/maximum-profit-of-operating-a-centennial-wheel.py

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+# Time:  O(n)
+# Space: O(1)
+
+class Solution(object):
+    def minOperationsMaxProfit(self, customers, boardingCost, runningCost):
+        """
+        :type customers: List[int]
+        :type boardingCost: int
+        :type runningCost: int
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        max_run = -1
+        i = max_prof = prof = waiting = 0
+        run = 1
+        while i < len(customers) or waiting > 0:
+            if i < len(customers):
+                waiting += customers[i]  # each run i increases people by customers[i]
+                i += 1
+            boarding = min(waiting, 4)  # greedy
+            waiting -= boarding
+            prof += boarding * boardingCost - runningCost 
+            if prof > max_prof:
+                max_prof = prof
+                max_run = run
+            run += 1
+        return max_run