docs(docs): add Approach diagrams and Explanation sections to LeetCode problem documentation

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- `word` and `prefix` consist only of lowercase English letters.
- At most 3 * 10^4 calls in total will be made to insert, search, and startsWith.
## Approach
```mermaid
flowchart TD
subgraph state["state — root TrieNode; every node holds a children dict and an endOfWord flag"]
R["root"] --- C["... children[c] ..."] --- L["endOfWord = True — a word ends here"]
end
subgraph insert["insert(word)"]
I1["cur = root"] --> I2{"more c in word?"}
I2 -- yes --> I3{"c not in cur.children?"}
I3 -- yes --> I4["cur.children[c] = TrieNode()"]
I4 --> I5["cur = cur.children[c]"]
I3 -- no --> I5
I5 --> I2
I2 -- no --> I6["cur.endOfWord = True"]
I6 --> I7(["done"])
end
subgraph search["search(word)"]
S1["cur = root"] --> S2{"more c in word?"}
S2 -- yes --> S3{"c not in cur.children?"}
S3 -- yes --> S4(["return False"])
S3 -- no --> S5["cur = cur.children[c]"]
S5 --> S2
S2 -- no --> S6(["return cur.endOfWord — the path exists, but is it a whole word?"])
end
subgraph startsWith["startsWith(prefix)"]
P1["cur = root"] --> P2{"more c in prefix?"}
P2 -- yes --> P3{"c not in cur.children?"}
P3 -- yes --> P4(["return False"])
P3 -- no --> P5["cur = cur.children[c]"]
P5 --> P2
P2 -- no --> P6(["return True — every prefix char had a path"])
end
state --> insert
state --> search
state --> startsWith
```
## Solution
```py
@@ -68,3 +106,7 @@ class Trie:
# param_2 = obj.search(word)
# param_3 = obj.startsWith(prefix)
```
## Explanation
<YouTube id="oobqoCJlHA0" title="Implement Trie (Prefix Tree) - Leetcode 208" />