Least number to be added to or subtracted from N to make it a Perfect Cube - GeeksforGeeks

30 Mar, 2020
Given a number N, Find the minimum number that needs to be added to or subtracted from N, to make it a perfect cube. If the number is to be added, print it with a + sign, else if the number is to be subtracted, print it with a – sign.
Examples:
Input: N = 25Output: 2Nearest perfect cube before 25 = 8Nearest perfect cube after 25 = 27Therefore 2 needs to be added to 25 to get the closest perfect cube
Input: N = 40Output: -13Nearest perfect cube before 40 = 25Nearest perfect cube after 40 = 64Therefore 13 needs to be subtracted from 40 to get the closest perfect cube
Approach:
Get the number.Find the cube root of the number and convert the result as an integer.After converting the double value to integer, this will contain the root of the perfect cube before N, i.e. floor(cube root(N)).Then find the cube of this number, which will be the perfect cube before N.Find the root of the perfect cube after N, i.e. the ceil(cube root(N)).Then find the cube of this number, which will be the perfect cube after N.Check whether the cube of floor value is nearest to N or the ceil value.If the cube of floor value is nearest to N, print the difference with a -sign. Else print the difference between the cube of the ceil value and N with a + sign.
Get the number.
Find the cube root of the number and convert the result as an integer.
After converting the double value to integer, this will contain the root of the perfect cube before N, i.e. floor(cube root(N)).
Then find the cube of this number, which will be the perfect cube before N.
Find the root of the perfect cube after N, i.e. the ceil(cube root(N)).
Then find the cube of this number, which will be the perfect cube after N.
Check whether the cube of floor value is nearest to N or the ceil value.
If the cube of floor value is nearest to N, print the difference with a -sign. Else print the difference between the cube of the ceil value and N with a + sign.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
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Java
// C++ implementation of the approach  #include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std;  // Function to return the Least numberint nearest(int n){      // Get the perfect cube    // before and after N    int prevCube = cbrt(n);    int nextCube = prevCube + 1;    prevCube = prevCube * prevCube * prevCube;    nextCube = nextCube * nextCube * nextCube;      // Check which is nearest to N    int ans        = (n - prevCube) < (nextCube - n)              ? (prevCube - n)              : (nextCube - n);      // return the result    return ans;}  // Driver codeint main(){    int n = 25;    cout << nearest(n) << endl;      n = 27;    cout << nearest(n) << endl;      n = 40;    cout << nearest(n) << endl;      return 0;}
// Java implementation of the approach class GFG {          // Function to return the Least number     static int nearest(int n)     {               // Get the perfect cube         // before and after N         int prevCube = (int)Math.cbrt(n);         int nextCube = prevCube + 1;         prevCube = prevCube * prevCube * prevCube;         nextCube = nextCube * nextCube * nextCube;               // Check which is nearest to N         int ans = (n - prevCube) < (nextCube - n) ?                     (prevCube - n) : (nextCube - n);               // return the result         return ans;     }           // Driver code     public static void main (String[] args)    {         int n = 25;         System.out.println(nearest(n));               n = 27;         System.out.println(nearest(n)) ;               n = 40;         System.out.println(nearest(n)) ;     } }  // This code is contributed by Yash_R
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