Minimum Number Of Taps To Water Garden Problem Statement

You are required to determine the minimum number of taps that need to be opened to water an entire one-dimensional garden defined along the x-axis, which begins at 0 and concludes at N. There are N + 1 taps located at points [0, 1, 2, ..., N].

Given an integer N and an array 'ranges' of size N + 1, where the i-th tap can water the garden from (i - ranges[i]) to (i + ranges[i]), find the minimum number of taps to open to fully water the garden. Return -1 if it's impossible to water the entire garden.

Example:

Input:
T = 1
N = 5
ranges = [3, 4, 1, 1, 0, 0]
Output:
1
Explanation:

Opening the tap at position 0 covers positions [0, 6].

Constraints:

  • 1 <= T <= 10
  • 1 <= N <= 104
  • 0 <= ranges[i] <= 100

Note:

You do not need to print anything; the output will be handled by the system.
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