Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

There is an integer sequence A of length N whose values are unknown.

Given is an integer sequence B of length N-1 which is known to satisfy the following:

B_i \geq \max(A_i, A_{i+1})

Find the maximum possible sum of the elements of A.

Constraints

All values in input are integers.

2 \leq N \leq 100

0 \leq B_i \leq 10^5

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
B_1 B_2 ... B_{N-1}

Output

Print the maximum possible sum of the elements of A.

Sample Input 1

3
2 5

Sample Output 1

9

A can be, for example, ( 2 , 1 , 5 ), ( -1 , -2 , -3 ), or ( 2 , 2 , 5 ). Among those candidates, A = ( 2 , 2 , 5 ) has the maximum possible sum.

Sample Input 2

2
3

Sample Output 2

6

Sample Input 3

6
0 153 10 10 23

Sample Output 3

53

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Math;

class Solver {
    Scanner sc = new Scanner();

    public void Solve() {
        var N = sc.nextInt();
        var B = sc.ArrayInt(N-1);
        var A = new int[N + 1];
        A[0] = B[0];

        for (int i = 0; i < N-1; i++) {
            if (i == N -2 || B[i] <= B[i+1]) {
                A[i + 1] = B[i];
            } else {
                A[i + 1] = B[i + 1];
            }
        }
        WriteLine(A.Sum());
    }
    
}

class Scanner {
    string[] s;
    int i;

    char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };

    public Scanner() {
        s = new string[0];
        i = 0;
    }

    public string next() {
        if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
        string st = Console.ReadLine();
        while (st == "") st = Console.ReadLine();
        s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        if (s.Length == 0) return next();
        i = 0;
        return s[i++];
    }

    public int nextInt() {
        return int.Parse(next());
    }
    public int[] ArrayInt(int N, int add = 0) {
        int[] Array = new int[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            Array[i] = nextInt() + add;
        }
        return Array;
    }

    public long nextLong() {
        return long.Parse(next());
    }

    public long[] ArrayLong(int N, long add = 0) {
        long[] Array = new long[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            Array[i] = nextLong() + add;
        }
        return Array;
    }

    public double nextDouble() {
        return double.Parse(next());
    }

    public double[] ArrayDouble(int N, double add = 0) {
        double[] Array = new double[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            Array[i] = nextDouble() + add;
        }
        return Array;
    }
}

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        Solver s = new Solver();
        s.Solve();
    }
}