#C1870. Minimum Operations to Equalize an Array using Bitwise XOR
Minimum Operations to Equalize an Array using Bitwise XOR
Minimum Operations to Equalize an Array using Bitwise XOR
You are given an integer T representing the number of test cases. For each test case, you are given an integer M and an array B of M integers. In one operation, you can perform a bitwise XOR operation in a way that reduces the diversity of array elements. Your task is to determine the minimum number of operations required to make all elements of the array equal.
Note: It turns out that if all elements are already equal, no operation is needed (answer is 0), otherwise the answer is \(M - 1\) where M is the number of elements in the array.
Example:
Input: 1 4 1 2 3 4</p>Output: 3
inputFormat
The first line contains an integer T, the number of test cases. Each test case consists of two lines:
- The first line contains an integer M, the number of elements in the array.
- The second line contains M space-separated integers representing the elements of the array.
outputFormat
For each test case, output a single line containing the minimum number of operations required to make all the elements equal.
## sample2
4
1 2 3 4
3
7 7 7
3
0
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