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Distribute Coins in Binary Tree

Problem statement

You are given the root of a binary tree with n nodes where each node in the tree has node.val coins. There are n coins in total throughout the whole tree.

In one move, we may choose two adjacent nodes and move one coin from one node to another. A move may be from parent to child, or from child to parent.

Return the minimum number of moves required to make every node have exactly one coin.

Example 1:

Input: root = [3,0,0]Output: 2Explanation: From the root of the tree, we move one coin to its left child, and one coin to its right child.

Example 2:

Input: root = [0,3,0]Output: 3Explanation: From the left child of the root, we move two coins to the root [taking two moves]. Then, we move one coin from the root of the tree to the right child.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the tree is n.
  • 1 <= n <= 100
  • 0 <= Node.val <= n
  • The sum of all Node.val is n.

My solution

/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* function TreeNode(val, left, right) {
* this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
* this.left = (left===undefined ? null : left)
* this.right = (right===undefined ? null : right)
* }
*/
/**
* @param {TreeNode} root
* @return {number}
*/
var distributeCoins = function(root) {
let moves = 0;

function dfs(node) {
if (!node) {
return 0;
}

const left = dfs(node.left);
const right = dfs(node.right);

// console.log(node, moves, left, right);

moves += Math.abs(left) + Math.abs(right);

return left + right + node.val - 1;
}

dfs(root)

return moves;
};