Problem 45426. The Tortoise and the Hare - 02

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Previous problem <a href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/45425-the-tortoise-and-the-hare-01">https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/45425-the-tortoise-and-the-hare-01</a>Suppose in an infinitely long line, the tortoise is standing in position 0.From that place, it can move in both +ve and -ve direction. The condition is that, in i-th jump, it can move i step forward or backward.So one possible scenario can be -<pre> 0 [i=1] --- 1 step forward
 1 [i=2] --- 2 step forward
 3 [i=3] --- 3 step forward
 6 [i=4] --- 4 step backward
 2 [i=5] --- 5 step forward
 7 [i=6] --- 6 step backward
 1 [i=7] --- 7 step forward
 8</pre>If you look carefully, you'll find that -- If the tortoise moves this way, it'll always be able to reach any destination (x).The question is what is the minimum number of moves it'll take to reach destination x.For example --<pre> if x=8
 &gt;&gt; in the above example, it takes 7 steps
 &gt;&gt; but if it moves this way -- [0,-1,1,4,8] -- steps required = 4.</pre>So 4 is the optimum way.

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