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Solution: Minimum Subset Sum Difference

Problem Statement

Given a set of positive numbers, partition the set into two subsets with minimum difference between their subset sums.

Example 1:

Input: {1, 2, 3, 9}
Output: 3
Explanation: We can partition the given set into two subsets where minimum absolute difference 
between the sum of numbers is '3'. Following are the two subsets: {1, 2, 3} & {9}.

Example 2:

Input: {1, 2, 7, 1, 5}
Output: 0
Explanation: We can partition the given set into two subsets where minimum absolute difference 
between the sum of number is '0'

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