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Dsa Dynamic Programming Warm-up

Min Steps to Zero

You are given a positive integer n. You can either subtract 1 from n or divide n by 2 (if n is even) in one step. Your task is to find the minimum number of steps required to reduce n to zero. Input format: - A single integer n. Output format: - A single integer representing the minimum number of steps. Example: Input: 8 Output: 4

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