#K3666. Minimum Water Required for Non-decreasing Water Distribution
Minimum Water Required for Non-decreasing Water Distribution
Minimum Water Required for Non-decreasing Water Distribution
You are given n plants in a row. Each plant has a height given by an array heights of length n. You must water each plant such that:
- The water allocated to a plant is at least equal to its height.
- The water distribution is non-decreasing from left to right; that is, if w[i] represents the water given to the ith plant, then \(w[1] \leq w[2] \leq \cdots \leq w[n]\).
Your task is to determine the minimum total amount of water required to water all plants meeting the above criteria.
Note: The water given to the first plant is exactly its height, and for any plant i (i > 1), we assign \(w[i] = \max(heights[i], w[i-1])\). The answer is \(\sum_{i=1}^n w[i]\).
inputFormat
The input is given from standard input in the following format:
N h1 h2 h3 ... hN
Here, N
is the number of plants, and h1, h2, ..., hN
are their respective heights.
outputFormat
Output the minimum total amount of water required on a single line. The output should be written to standard output.
## sample5
2 4 3 5 2
20