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1518. Water Bottles #281

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The problem is to maximize the number of water bottles that can be consumed, given a starting number of full water bottles (numBottles) and an exchange rate (numExchange). Each time you drink a full bottle, it becomes an empty bottle. Once you have enough empty bottles (equal to numExchange), you can trade them for full bottles. The goal is to compute how many total water bottles you can drink, including those obtained through exchanges.

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  • You start with a certain number of full bottles.
  • Drinking one full bottle turns it into an empty bottle.
  • You can trade a specific number of empty bottles (numExchange) for one full bottle.
  • The task is to maximize the total number of bottles dr…

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