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1478. Allocate Mailboxes

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Given the array houses where houses[i] is the location of the ith house along a street and an integer k, allocate k mailboxes in the street. Return the minimum total distance between each house and its nearest mailbox. The test cases are generated so that the answer fits in a 32-bit integer. Example 1: Input: houses = [1,4,8,10,20], k = 3 Output: 5 Explanation: Allocate mailboxes in position

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