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Can anyone suggest possible approaches?
By shivam_360, history, 23 months ago, In English

we are given with an array of n integers n<=10^5 , we need to answer q queries q<=10^5 , in each query we are given with l,r and an integer x, for each query we need to answer the summation of |a[i]-x| for all i>=l && i<=r (summation of absolute difference of each number with x in range l and r)..as constraints are big we need to solve each query in less than n... Can anyone suggest some approach with some thought process....

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Prefix arrays would help.

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If we can answer the following questions quickly, we will succeed:

(1) How many numbers $$$n$$$ in $$$\{a[l], ..., a[r]\}$$$ are less or equal than $$$x$$$?

(2) What is the sum of numbers of $$$n$$$ such that $$$n \in \{a[l], ..., a[r]\}$$$ and $$$n \leq x$$$?

These two questions can be answered using a persistent segment tree, also known as the "主席树".

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    yay!! great approach.... Thanks for the idea man...

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