Merge Companies

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There are $N$ companies in your area. Let $A_i$ be the net-worth of the $ith$ company. After the pandemic, they start acquiring each other. A company can only acquire its adjacent company (the nearest company to its left or to its right, provided it exists). Let’s say, if company-1 of net-worth $x$ acquires its adjacent company-2 of net-worth $y$ then company-2 disappears and company-1 net-

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