Buses in a Bustling Town
Problem Overview
- Compute minutes since the last bus departure given a list of departure times and the current time.
- Input: departure times and current time; Output: minutes since the most recent past departure, or -1 if none; a bus at the current time has not departed.
- Real-world context: tracking a bustling town bus schedule to know how long ago the last bus left.
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