991. Broken Calculator

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There is a broken calculator that has the integer startValue on its display initially. In one operation, you can: - multiply the number on display by 2, or - subtract 1 from the number on display. Given two integers startValue and target, return the minimum number of operations needed to display target on the calculator. Example 1: Input: startValue = 2, target = 3 Output: 2 Explanation: Us

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