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Find Contiguous Subarray with Largest Min Plus Max 🐝 -- Not OA but an INTERVIEW Question! 🌷 :)

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Given an array of n positive integers, find a contiguous subarray (containing more than one number) with the largest min + max.

Function Description

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findContiguousSubarrayWithLargestMinPlusMax has the following parameter:

  1. int nums[n]: an array of integers

Returns

int: the largest sum of min and max of a contiguous subarray

Note

Solve better than O(n^3)

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1Example 1

Input
nums = [4, 6, 2, 8, 10]
Output
18
Explanation

The contiguous subarray with the largest min + max is [8, 10], where the min is 8 and the max is 10. Therefore, the answer is 10 + 8 = 18.

2Example 2

Input
nums = [6, 2, 9, 1, 7]
Output
11
Explanation

The contiguous subarray with the largest min + max is [2, 9], where the min is 2 and the max is 9. Therefore, the answer is 2 + 9 = 11.

Constraints

Limits and guarantees your solution can rely on.

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public int findContiguousSubarrayWithLargestMinPlusMax(int[] nums) {
  // write your code here
}
Input

nums

[4, 6, 2, 8, 10]

Output

18

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