2385. Amount of Time for Binary Tree to Be Infected
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You are given the root of a binary tree with unique values, and an integer start. At minute 0, an infection starts from the node with value start.
Each minute, a node becomes infected if:
- The node is currently uninfected.
- The node is adjacent to an infected node.
Return the number of minutes needed for the entire tree to be infected.
Example 1:
Input: root = [1,5,3,null,4,10,6,9,2], start = 3 Output: 4 Explanation: The following nodes are infected during: - Minute 0: Node 3 - Minute 1: Nodes 1, 10 and 6 - Minute 2: Node 5 - Minute 3: Node 4 - Minute 4: Nodes 9 and 2 It takes 4 minutes for the whole tree to be infected so we return 4.
Example 2:
Input: root = [1], start = 1 Output: 0 Explanation: At minute 0, the only node in the tree is infected so we return 0.
Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the tree is in the range
[1, 105]. 1 <= Node.val <= 105- Each node has a unique value.
- A node with a value of
startexists in the tree.
Hints
Hint 1
Convert the tree to an undirected graph to make it easier to handle.
Hint 2
Use BFS starting at the start node to find the distance between each node and the start node. The answer is the maximum distance.