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3496. Maximize Score After Pair Deletions

MediumArray Preparing judge… LeetCode
ArrayGreedy

Hints

Hint 1
The number of operations is floor((n - 1) / 2), so the number of remaining elements is n - 2 * floor((n - 1) / 2).
Hint 2
There will be either 1 or 2 elements remaining.
Hint 3
If there is 1 element remaining, let it be the minimum element.
Hint 4
If there are 2 elements remaining, let them be the adjacent elements with the minimum sum.