Consider the following problem. Given n positive integers a₁, a₂,...,aₙ, it is…

PYQ GATE 1990

Consider the following problem. Given n positive integers a₁, a₂,...,aₙ, it is required to partition them in to two parts A and B such that |Σ(i∈A)aᵢ − Σ(i∈B)aᵢ| is minimised.

Consider a greedy algorithm for solving this problem. The numbers are ordered so that a₁ ≥ a₂ ≥ ... ≥ aₙ, and at i-th step, aᵢ is placed in that part whose sum is smaller at that step. Give an example with n=5 for which the solution produced by the greedy algorithm is not optimal.

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