LCC '25 Contest 1 S3 - Sadness
View as PDFBob the ghost observes a line of distinct houses, each containing a lit jack o' lantern labelled by a (not necessarily distinct) integer
. Bob floats from
to
across the line of houses from one end to the other, and since Bob despises happiness, he extinguishes each jack o' lantern in order from least to greatest (he cannot skip any numbers). Assume Bob teleports to the start (leftmost point) after every pass. How many passes does he need in total to extinguish every jack o' lantern?
Input Specification
The first line of input contains one integer , representing the number of houses on the street.
The second line of input contains space-separated integers
, representing the integer associated with each jack o' lantern.
Output Specification
Output one integer, indicating the least number of passes Bob needs to extinguish all jack o' lanterns.
Constraints
For all subtasks,
Subtask 1 [5%]
Subtask 2 [25%]
Subtask 3 [70%]
Sample Input
7
1 2 5 5 4 1 3
Sample Output
4
Sample Explanation
During Bob's first pass, he extinguishes the and
jack o' lantern. During Bob's second pass, he extinguishes the
and
jack o' lantern. During Bob's third pass, he extinguishes the
jack o' lantern. Finally, during Bob's fourth pass, he extinguishes the remaining
and
jack o' lantern.
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