Grokking the Coding Interview: Patterns for Coding Questions

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Minimum Number of Coins for Fruits (medium)

Problem Statement

You are given an array of integers prices where each element prices[i] represents the number of coins required to buy the i<sup>th</sup> fruit.

The fruit market has the following reward for each fruit:

  • If you buy the i<sup>th</sup> fruit for prices[i] coins, you can get the next (i + 1) fruits for free.

Note: Even if you have the option to take certain fruits for free, you can still choose to purchase them at their respective prices[j] to gain the reward for the next fruits.

Return the minimum number of coins needed to get all the fruits.

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