#3538
Merge Operations for Minimum Travel Time
international master · 1970 · lc hard +32 · 30.7% accepted · 69 likes · top 8%
Description
A road of length l km has n signs at positions position[0..n-1] (0 and l included). Segment i takes time[i] minutes per km to traverse.
Perform exactly k merges: each merge picks two adjacent internal signs i and i+1, adds their times, and removes sign i.
Return the minimum total travel time from 0 to l after exactly k merges.
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