Dsa
Backtracking
Medium
The Clash-Free Partition
You have N items (N is even), each with a weight. You must divide them into exactly two groups of size N/2 such that the total weight of both groups is equal. However, some items 'clash' and cannot be placed in the same group. Determine if such a partition is possible.
Input: First line N and M (number of clash pairs). Second line N integers (weights). Next M lines contain clash pairs (indices 0 to N-1).
Example:
Input:
4 1
10 10 10 10
0 1
Output:
YES
(Explanation: Group A: {0, 2}, Group B: {1, 3}. Weights are 20 vs 20. 0 and 1 are in different groups, satisfying the clash.)
Key concepts
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