Continuous knapsack problem

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Given items as (value, weight) we need to place them in a knapsack (container) of a capacity k. Note! We can break items to maximize value!

Example input:

values[] = [1, 4, 5, 2, 10]
weights[] = [3, 2, 1, 2, 4]
k = 8

Expected output:

maximumValueOfItemsInK = 20;

Algorithm:

1) Sort values and weights by value/weight.
   values[] = [5, 10, 4, 2, 1]
   weights[] = [1, 4, 2, 2, 3]
2) currentWeight = 0; currentValue = 0;
3) FOR i = 0; currentWeight < k && i < values.length; i++ DO:
       IF k - currentWeight < weights[i] DO
           currentValue = currentValue + values[i];
           currentWeight = currentWeight + weights[i];
       ELSE
           currentValue = currentValue + values[i]*(k - currentWeight)/weights[i]
           currentWeight = currentWeight + weights[i]*(k - currentWeight)/weights[i]
       END_IF
   END_FOR
   PRINT "maximumValueOfItemsInK = " + currentValue;

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