USACO 2012 December Contest, Silver
Problem 2. Wifi Setup
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Problem 2: Wifi Setup [Brian Dean, 2012]
Farmer John's N cows (1 <= N <= 2000) are all standing at various positions
along the straight path from the barn to the pasture, which we can think of
as a one-dimensional number line. Since his cows like to stay in email
contact with each-other, FJ wants to install Wifi base stations at various
positions so that all of the cows have wireless coverage.
After shopping around, FJ learns that the cost of a Wifi base station
depends on distance it can transmit: a base station of power r costs A +
B*r, where A is a fixed cost for installing the base station and B is a
cost per unit of transmission distance. If FJ installs such a device at
position x, then it can transmit data to any cow located in the range x-r
... x+r. A base station with transmission power of r=0 is allowed, but
this only provides coverage to a cow located at the same position as the
transmitter.
Given the values of A and B, as well as the locations of FJ's cows, please
determine the least expensive way FJ can provide wireless coverage for all
his cows.
PROBLEM NAME: wifi
INPUT FORMAT:
* Line 1: Three space-separated integers: N A B (0 <= A, B <= 1000).
* Lines 2..1+N: Each line contains an integer in the range
0..1,000,000 describing the location of one of FJ's cows.
SAMPLE INPUT (file wifi.in):
3 20 5
7
0
100
INPUT DETAILS:
There are 3 cows at positions 7, 0, and 100. Installation of a base
station of power r costs 20 + 5*r.
OUTPUT FORMAT:
* Line 1: The minimum cost of providing wireless coverage to all cows.
SAMPLE OUTPUT (file wifi.out):
57.5
OUTPUT DETAILS:
The optimal solution is to build a base station at position 3.5 (with power
3.5) and another at position 100 (with power 0). The first base station
covers cows 1 and 2, and the second covers cow 3.
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