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Minimum number of operations required to reduce N to 1 | Function that returns the minimum number of operations to be performed to reduce the number to 1.
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#Here is code to minimum number of operations required to reduce N to 1 and the other steps required.
 def count_minimum_operations ( n ) :
	if ( n == 2 ) :
		return 1
	elif ( n == 1 ) :
		return 0
	if ( n % 3 == 0 ) :
		return 1 + count_minimum_operations ( n / 3 )
	elif ( n % 3 == 1 ) :
		return 1 + count_minimum_operations ( n - 1 )
	else :
		return 1 + count_minimum_operations ( n + 1 )
n = 4
ans = count_minimum_operations ( n )
print ( ans )