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Medium1-D Dynamic ProgrammingLC 1014

Best Sightseeing Pair

You are given an integer array values where valuesi represents the value of the ith sightseeing spot. Two sightseeing spots i and j have a distance j - i between them. The score of a pair (i < j) of sightseeing spots is values[i] + values[j] + i - j: the sum of the values of the sightseeing spots, minus the distance between them. Return the maximum score of a pair of sightseeing spots.

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Hints
  • 1.Think about which data structure fits best
  • 2.Consider the time complexity of your approach
  • 3.Look for patterns in the constraints
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