Ape-X Actor Count

Problem

Compute how many distributed actors are needed to hit a target transition rate.

Return ceil(target_rate / rate_per_actor). A non-positive rate per actor or target rate returns 0.

Hint

Ape-X scales exploration by adding actors, not by stretching a single stream.

case 1

in: [100,8]

expected: 13

case 2

in: [32,8]

expected: 4

case 3

in: [0,5]

expected: 0

case 4

in: [5,0]

expected: 0

case 5

in: [9,4]

expected: 3

Starter codePython

import math
def apex_actor_count(target_rate, rate_per_actor):
    # Your code here
    pass

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