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Minimum Coin Change

Introduction

Given an infinite supply of ‘n’ coin denominations and a total money amount, we are asked to find the minimum number of coins needed to make up that amount.

Example 1:

Denominations: {1,2,3}
Total amount: 5
Output: 2
Explanation: We need a minimum of two coins {2,3} to make a total of '5'

Example 2:

Denominations: {1,2,3}
Total amount: 11
Output: 4
Explanation: We need a minimum of four coins {2,3,3,3} to make a total of '11'

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