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Minimum Space Wasted From Packaging

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Problem Statement

You have n packages that you are trying to place in boxes, one package in each box . There are m suppliers that each produce boxes of different sizes (with infinite supply). A package can be placed in a box if the size of the package is less than or equal to the size of the box.

The package sizes are given as an integer array packages , where packages[i] is the size of the i ^th package. The suppliers are given as a 2D integer array boxes , where boxes[j] is an array of box sizes that the j ^th supplier produces.

You want to choose a single supplier and use boxes from them such that the total wasted space is minimized . For each package in a box, we define the space wasted to be size of the box - size of the package . The total wasted space is the sum of the space wasted in all the boxes.

For example, if you have to fit packages with sizes [2,3,5] and the supplier offers boxes of sizes [4,8] , you can fit the packages of size- 2 and size- 3 into two boxes of size- 4 and the package with size- 5 into a box of size- 8 . This would result in a waste of (4-2) + (4-3) + (8-5) = 6 .

Return the minimum total wasted space by choosing the box supplier optimally , or -1 if it is impossible to fit all the packages inside boxes. Since the answer may be large , return it modulo 10 ^9 + 7 .

Examples

Example 1
Input: packages = [2,3,5], boxes = [[4,8],[2,8]]
Output: 6 Explanation : It is optimal to choose the first supplier, using two size-4 boxes and one size-8 box. The total waste is (4-2) + (4-3) + (8-5) = 6.
Example 2
Input: packages = [2,3,5], boxes = [[1,4],[2,3],[3,4]]
Output: -1
There is no box that the package of size 5 can fit in.
Example 3
Input: packages = [3,5,8,10,11,12], boxes = [[12],[11,9],[10,5,14]]
Output: 9
It is optimal to choose the third supplier, using two size-5 boxes, two size-10 boxes, and two size-14 boxes. The total waste is (5-3) + (5-5) + (10-8) + (10-10) + (14-11) + (14-12) = 9.

Constraints

n == packages.length
m == boxes.length
1 <= n <= 10 ^5
1 <= m <= 10 ^5
1 <= packages[i] <= 10 ^5
1 <= boxes[j].length <= 10 ^5
1 <= boxes[j][k] <= 10 ^5
sum(boxes[j].length) <= 10 ^5
The elements in boxes[j] are distinct .
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