7286: AtCoder Educational DP Contest —— N - Slimes
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Description
There are $N$ slimes lining up in a row. Initially, the $i$-th slime from the left has a size of $a_i$.
Taro is trying to combine all the slimes into a larger slime. He will perform the following operation repeatedly until there is only one slime:
Taro is trying to combine all the slimes into a larger slime. He will perform the following operation repeatedly until there is only one slime:
- Choose two adjacent slimes, and combine them into a new slime. The new slime has a size of $x + y$, where $x$ and $y$ are the sizes of the slimes before combining them. Here, a cost of $x + y$ is incurred. The positional relationship of the slimes does not change while combining slimes.
Input
Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
$N$
$a_1\ a_2\ \ldots\ a_N$
$N$
$a_1\ a_2\ \ldots\ a_N$
Output
Print the minimum possible total cost incurred.
Constraints
All values in input are integers.
$2 \leq N \leq 400$
$1 \leq a_i \leq 10^9$
$2 \leq N \leq 400$
$1 \leq a_i \leq 10^9$
Sample 1 Input
4
10 20 30 40
Sample 1 Output
190
Taro should do as follows (slimes being combined are shown in bold):
- (10, 20, 30, 40) → (30, 30, 40)
- (30, 30, 40) → (60, 40)
- (60, 40) → (100)
Sample 2 Input
5
10 10 10 10 10
Sample 2 Output
120
Taro should do, for example, as follows:
- (10, 10, 10, 10, 10) → (20, 10, 10, 10)
- (20, 10, 10, 10) → (20, 20, 10)
- (20, 20, 10) → (20, 30)
- (20, 30) → (50)
Sample 3 Input
3
1000000000 1000000000 1000000000
Sample 3 Output
5000000000
6
7 6 8 6 1 1
68
Taro should do, for example, as follows:
- (7, 6, 8, 6, 1, 1) → (7, 6, 8, 6, 2)
- (7, 6, 8, 6, 2) → (7, 6, 8, 8)
- (7, 6, 8, 8) → (13, 8, 8)
- (13, 8, 8) → (13, 16)
- (13, 16) → (29)