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3226. Number of Bit Changes to Make Two Integers Equal

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You are given two positive integers n and k. You can choose any bit in the binary representation of n that is equal to 1 and change it to 0. Return the number of changes needed to make n equal to k. If it is impossible, return -1. Example 1: Input: n = 13, k = 4 Output: 2 Explanation: Initially, the binary representations of n and k are n = (1101)2 and k = (0100)2. We can change the firs

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