Reaching Points

A move consists of taking a point (x, y) and transforming it to either (x, x+y) or (x+y, y).

Given a starting point (sx, sy) and a target point (tx, ty), return True if and only if a sequence of moves exists to transform the point (sx, sy) to (tx, ty). Otherwise, return False.

Examples:
Input: sx = 1, sy = 1, tx = 3, ty = 5
Output: True
Explanation:
One series of moves that transforms the starting point to the target is:
(1, 1) -> (1, 2)
(1, 2) -> (3, 2)
(3, 2) -> (3, 5)

Input: sx = 1, sy = 1, tx = 2, ty = 2
Output: False

Input: sx = 1, sy = 1, tx = 1, ty = 1
Output: True

Note:

  • sx, sy, tx, ty will all be integers in the range [1, 10^9].

class Solution {
    // Similar to GCD
    public boolean helper(int sx, int sy, int tx, int ty) {
        // Cannot go lower than sx
        if (tx < sx)
            return false;
        else if (tx == sx)
            return (ty >= sy && (ty - sy) % tx == 0);
        else
            // Always remove smaller number from bigger number
            return helper(sy, sx, ty % tx, tx);
    }

    public boolean reachingPoints(int sx, int sy, int tx, int ty) {
        if (tx > ty)
            return helper(sy, sx, ty, tx);
        else
            return helper(sx, sy, tx, ty);
    }
}

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