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You are given a 0-indexed integer array <code>nums</code>, where <code>nums[i]</code> represents the score of the <code>ith</code> student. You are also given an integer <code>k</code>.

Pick the scores of any <code>k</code> students from the array so that the difference between the highest and the lowest of the <code>k</code> scores is minimized.

Return the minimum possible difference.

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Example 1:

<pre>
Input: nums = [90], k = 1
Output: 0
Explanation: There is one way to pick score(s) of one student:
- [90]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 90 - 90 = 0.
The minimum possible difference is 0.
</pre>

Example 2:

<pre>
Input: nums = [9,4,1,7], k = 2
Output: 2
Explanation: There are six ways to pick score(s) of two students:
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 9 - 4 = 5.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 9 - 1 = 8.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 9 - 7 = 2.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 4 - 1 = 3.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 7 - 4 = 3.
- [9,4,1,7]. The difference between the highest and lowest score is 7 - 1 = 6.
The minimum possible difference is 2.</pre>

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Constraints:

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= k &lt;= nums.length &lt;= 1000</code></li>
	<li><code>0 &lt;= nums[i] &lt;= 105</code></li>
</ul>