Minimum Jumps With Fee
Let's solve the Minimum Jumps with Fee problem using Dynamic Programming.
Statement
You are given n
steps of stairs and a list fee
because each step has a fee associated with it. Your task is to calculate the minimum fee required to reach the top of the stairs (beyond the top step), assuming you start with the first step. At every step, you can take 1 step, 2 steps, or 3 steps.
Let’s say you have a staircase of six steps. The fee for each step is . The minimum cost to reach the top will be . This cost is calculated as follows:
- Starting from the first step, .
- Taking 3 steps would get us to the fourth floor. The fee for the fourth floor is 2, so the .
- Taking 3 more steps would take us beyond the top-most step. Since we are not stepping on any particular step, our total fee would remain the same.
Constraints:
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n
fee.length
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