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solution.py
import sys
def get_operations(diff, cookies):
operations = 0
for i, c in enumerate(cookies):
x = cookies[i]-diff
while x > 0:
operations+= x // 5
x = x % 5
operations+= x // 2
x = x % 2
operations+= x // 1
x = x % 1
return operations
def equalize(cookies):
min_cookies = min(cookies)
cookie_diff = [x-min_cookies for x in cookies]
diffs = [min_cookies-i for i in range(5)]
operations = [get_operations(diff, cookies) for diff in diffs]
return min(operations)
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