Problem:
Score : 400 points

Problem Statement

Snuke has one biscuit and zero Japanese yen (the currency) in his pocket.
He will perform the following operations exactly K times in total, in the order he likes:

Hit his pocket, which magically increases the number of biscuits by one.

Exchange A biscuits to 1 yen.

Exchange 1 yen to B biscuits.

Find the maximum possible number of biscuits in Snuke's pocket after K operations.

Constraints

1 \leq K,A,B \leq 10^9

K,A and B are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

K A B

Output

Print the maximum possible number of biscuits in Snuke's pocket after K operations.

Sample Input 1

4 2 6

Sample Output 1

7

The number of biscuits in Snuke's pocket after K operations is maximized as follows:

Hit his pocket. Now he has 2 biscuits and 0 yen.

Exchange 2 biscuits to 1 yen. his pocket. Now he has 0 biscuits and 1 yen.

Hit his pocket. Now he has 1 biscuits and 1 yen.

Exchange 1 yen to 6 biscuits. his pocket. Now he has 7 biscuits and 0 yen.

Sample Input 2

7 3 4

Sample Output 2

8

Sample Input 3

314159265 35897932 384626433

Sample Output 3

48518828981938099

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

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Yahoo2019Qual_C
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Solve(Input input)
        {
            var k = input.NextLong();
            var a = input.NextLong();
            var b = input.NextLong();

            long biscuit = 1;

            // 2回の操作でビスケットA枚がB枚に変化させることができる
            // つまり、B>A+2ならばこっちの操作をした方がお得
            // また、初期ビスケットからの遷移を考えると
            // A-1+2 <= k であれば上記の動作ができ、以降は2回毎にB-A枚ずつ増えていく

            if (b > a + 2 && a - 1 + 2 <= k)
            {
                // 最初の一回まで
                k -= a - 1;
                biscuit += a - 1;

                biscuit += (b - a) * (k / 2);
                k = k % 2;
                if (k != 0)
                {
                    k--;
                    biscuit++;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // 明らかに一枚ずつ増やした方がお得
                biscuit += k;
            }

            Console.WriteLine(biscuit);
        }

        #region Competitive Template
        static readonly int MOD = (int)1e9 + 7;

        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var needsFlushOutput = true;
            if (needsFlushOutput)
            {
                // 細かく出力しないようにする
                var sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
                Console.SetOut(sw);
            }

            // 通常は引数無しで、ファイルから読み出したい場合はpath指定する
            var input = new Input();
            // 仮想的に標準入力をセットする
            //input.SetText("");

            Solve(input);

            Console.Out.Flush();
        }

        class Input
        {
            // 変な改行コードがたまに混じっているので、一応セパレート指定する
            static readonly char[] separator = { ' ', '\r', '\n' };
            public bool IsEof { get; set; }
            Queue<string> q { get; set; }
            StreamReader sr;

            public Input(string path = "")
            {
                IsEof = false;
                q = new Queue<string>();

                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                {
                    sr = new StreamReader(Console.OpenStandardInput());
                }
                else
                {
                    sr = new StreamReader(path);
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 入力予約
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="items"></param>
            public void SetText(IEnumerable<string> items)
            {
                foreach (var item in items)
                {
                    SetText(item);
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 入力予約
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="s"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public bool SetText(string s)
            {
                if (s == null) return false;

                foreach (var elem in s.Trim().Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                {
                    q.Enqueue(elem);
                }

                return true;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 内部queueに入力からの値をsplitして格納する
            /// </summary>
            /// <returns></returns>
            bool read()
            {
                var s = sr.ReadLine();
                if (s == null) return false;

                foreach (var elem in s.Trim().Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                {
                    q.Enqueue(elem);
                }

                if (!q.Any()) return read();

                return true;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 次のstringを一つ読み込む
            /// </summary>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public string Next()
            {
                if (!q.Any())
                {
                    if (!read())
                    {
                        IsEof = true;
                        return "";
                    }
                }

                return q.Dequeue();
            }

            public int NextInt() => int.Parse(Next());
            public long NextLong() => long.Parse(Next());
            public double NextDouble() => double.Parse(Next());

            public string[] Next(int n) => Enumerable.Range(0, n).Select(_ => Next()).ToArray();
            public int[] NextInt(int n, int offset = 0) => Next(n).Select(x => int.Parse(x) + offset).ToArray();
            public long[] NextLong(int n, long offset = 0) => Next(n).Select(x => long.Parse(x) + offset).ToArray();
            public double[] NextDouble(int n, double offset = 0.0) => Next(n).Select(x => double.Parse(x) + offset).ToArray();
        }

        static class Utils
        {
            public static void Print<T>(IEnumerable<T> ie, string sep = " ") => Console.WriteLine(string.Join(sep, ie));
            public static void Print<T>(params T[] objs) => Print(objs);
            public static T Max<T>(params T[] objs) => objs.Max();
            public static T Min<T>(params T[] objs) => objs.Min();

            public static void Swap<T>(ref T x, ref T y) where T : struct { var t = x; x = y; y = t; }
            public static void Swap<T>(IList<T> list, int i, int j) where T : struct { var t = list[i]; list[i] = list[j]; list[j] = t; }

            /// <summary>
            /// vでfillされたT[d1][d2]配列を作成する
            /// </summary>
            /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
            /// <param name="d1"></param>
            /// <param name="d2"></param>
            /// <param name="v"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public static T[][] Create2DArray<T>(int d1, int d2, T v = default(T))
            {
                return
                    Enumerable.Repeat(0, d1).Select(_ =>
                    Enumerable.Repeat(v, d2).ToArray()).ToArray();
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// vでfillされたT[d1][d2][d3]配列を作成する
            /// </summary>
            /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
            /// <param name="d1"></param>
            /// <param name="d2"></param>
            /// <param name="d3"></param>
            /// <param name="v"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public static T[][][] Create3DArray<T>(int d1, int d2, int d3, T v = default(T))
            {
                return
                    Enumerable.Repeat(0, d1).Select(_ =>
                    Enumerable.Repeat(0, d2).Select(__ =>
                     Enumerable.Repeat(v, d3).ToArray()).ToArray()).ToArray();
            }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}