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Minimum Page Allocation

A student has to read n books with given page numbers, and can read at most k pages per day. To minimize the maximum number of pages read on any given day, write a function to find the minimum number of days required to read all the books, ensuring that the student does not exceed k pages in a single day. Input format: - The first line contains two integers n (1 ≤ n ≤ 10^5) and k (1 ≤ k ≤ 10^9). - The second line contains n space-separated integers, representing the number of pages in each book. Output format: - Output the minimum number of days required to read all the books. Example: Input: 4 100 120 100 140 150 Output: 2

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