The code calculates the maximum distance between a field and a water tower on a wheat farm for determining the appropriate pump power. The fields and towers are modeled as sorted lists of integers representing their positions. The code uses two pointers to iterate through both lists, finding the maximum difference between a field and tower posit…

Problem #2.py

# Calculates maximum distance between a field and water tower

def max_power(fields, towers):
    fields.sort()
    towers.sort()
    i, j = 0, 0
    max_distance = 0
    while i < len(fields) and j < len(towers):

        # find the maximum distance between a field and a tower
        max_distance = max(max_distance, abs(fields[i] - towers[j]))
        
        # increment either i or j depending on which is smaller
        if fields[i] < towers[j]:
            i += 1
        else:
            j += 1
            
    # return the maximum distance
    return max_distance