Description Farmer John has been informed of the location of a fugitive cow and wants to catch her immediately. He starts at a point N (0 ≤ N ≤ 100,000) on a number line and the cow is at a point K (0 ≤ K ≤ 100,000) on the same number line. Farmer John has two modes of transportation: walking and teleporting. * Walking: FJ can move from any point X to the points X - 1 or X + 1 in a single minute If the cow, unaware of its pursuit, does not move at all, how long does it take for Farmer John to retrieve it? Input Output Sample Input 5 17 Sample Output 4 HintTime Limit: 2000MS Memory Limit: 65536K Total Submissions: 8341 Accepted: 2476
* Teleporting: FJ can move from any point X to the point 2 × X in a single minute.
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Catch That Cow
Line 1: Two space-separated integers: N and K
Line 1: The least amount of time, in minutes, it takes for Farmer John to catch the fugitive cow.
The fastest way for Farmer John to reach the fugitive cow is to move along the following path: 5-10-9-18-17, which takes 4 minutes.