Minimize Cash Flow Problem

You are provided with a list of 'transactions' involving 'n' friends who owe each other money. Each entry in the list contains information about a receiver, sender, and the transaction amount. Your task is to optimize and minimize the cash flow among them.

Input:

The first line of input includes an integer 'T', the number of test cases. Each test case starts with a line containing 'n', the number of friends. The following 'n' lines contain 'n' space-separated integers, where 'arr[i][j]' is the amount the 'i-th' friend should pay to the 'j-th' friend.

Output:

Output a 2-D matrix for every test case that illustrates the minimized cash flow. Each test case result should be presented on a separate line.

Example:

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Example figures: In figure 1, friend-1 owes 2000$ to friend-2 and 4000$ to friend-3, and friend-2 owes 3000$ to friend-3. In figure 2, the cash flow is minimized by having friend-1 directly pay to friend-3.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= T <= 5
  • 1 <= N <= 1000
  • 0 <= arr[i][j] <= 10^9
  • Time Limit: 1 sec

Note:

There is no need to print the result as it is already handled. Focus on implementing the function that provides the solution.
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