{-# OPTIONS_GHC -O2 #-}
{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns, BinaryLiterals, CPP, DerivingStrategies  #-}
{-# LANGUAGE DerivingVia, FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances       #-}
{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, KindSignatures, LambdaCase #-}
{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash, MultiParamTypeClasses, MultiWayIf           #-}
{-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores, OverloadedStrings, PatternSynonyms #-}
{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes, RecordWildCards, ScopedTypeVariables       #-}
{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving, TupleSections, TypeApplications    #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies, TypeInType, UnboxedTuples, ViewPatterns  #-}

import           Control.Applicative
import           Control.Exception
import           Control.Monad
import           Control.Monad.Primitive
import           Control.Monad.Reader
import           Control.Monad.ST
import           Control.Monad.State.Strict
import           Data.Bifunctor
import           Data.Bool
import qualified Data.ByteString                   as B
import qualified Data.ByteString.Builder           as B
import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8             as C
import qualified Data.ByteString.Internal          as B
import qualified Data.ByteString.Unsafe            as B
import           Data.Char
import qualified Data.Foldable                     as F
import           Data.Function
import           Data.Functor.Identity
import qualified Data.IntMap.Strict                as IM
import qualified Data.IntSet                       as IS
import qualified Data.List                         as L
import qualified Data.Map.Strict                   as M
import           Data.Monoid
import           Data.Ord
import           Data.Primitive
import           Data.Proxy
import           Data.Ratio
import           Data.Semigroup
import qualified Data.Set                          as S
import           Data.Tuple
import qualified Data.Vector                       as V
import qualified Data.Vector.Algorithms.Intro      as Intro
import qualified Data.Vector.Fusion.Stream.Monadic as MS
import qualified Data.Vector.Fusion.Bundle.Monadic as MB
import           Data.Vector.Fusion.Util
import qualified Data.Vector.Generic               as G
import qualified Data.Vector.Generic.Mutable       as GM
import qualified Data.Vector.Mutable               as VM
import qualified Data.Vector.Primitive             as P
import qualified Data.Vector.Primitive.Mutable     as PM
import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed               as U
import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed.Mutable       as UM
import           Debug.Trace
import           Foreign                           hiding (void)
import           GHC.Exts
import           GHC.TypeLits
import           System.IO
import           Unsafe.Coerce

#define MOD 1000000007

main :: IO ()
main = do
    [n, a, b] <- map read.words <$> getLine
    xs <- U.unfoldrN n (runParser int) <$> C.getLine
    print $ solve n a b xs

solve :: Int -> Int -> Int -> U.Vector Int -> Int
solve n a b (U.toList -> (x0:xs0)) = go 0 x0 xs0
  where
    go !res !pos (x:xs) = go (res + min (a * (x - pos)) b) x xs
    go res _ _ = res

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Utils
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rep :: (Monad m) => Int -> (Int -> m ()) -> m ()
rep n = flip MS.mapM_ (stream 0 n)
{-# INLINE rep #-}
rev :: (Monad m) => Int -> (Int -> m ()) -> m ()
rev !n = flip MS.mapM_ (streamR 0 n)
{-# INLINE rev #-}
stream :: (Monad m) => Int -> Int -> MS.Stream m Int
stream !l !r = MS.Stream step l where { step x | x < r = return $ MS.Yield x (x + 1) | otherwise = return MS.Done; {-# INLINE [0] step #-}}
{-# INLINE [1] stream #-}
streamR :: (Monad m) => Int -> Int -> MS.Stream m Int
streamR !l !r = MS.Stream step (r - 1) where { step x | x >= l = return $ MS.Yield x (x - 1) | otherwise = return MS.Done; {-# INLINE [0] step #-}}
{-# INLINE [1] streamR #-}
stream' :: (Monad m) => Int -> Int -> Int -> MS.Stream m Int
stream' !l !r !d = MS.Stream step l where { step x | x < r = return $ MS.Yield x (x + d) | otherwise = return MS.Done; {-# INLINE [0] step #-}}
{-# INLINE [1] stream' #-}
infixl 8 `shiftRL`, `unsafeShiftRL`
shiftRL :: Int -> Int -> Int
shiftRL = unsafeShiftRL
{-# INLINE shiftRL #-}
unsafeShiftRL :: Int -> Int -> Int
unsafeShiftRL (I# x#) (I# i#) = I# (uncheckedIShiftRL# x# i#)
{-# INLINE unsafeShiftRL #-}
type Parser a = StateT C.ByteString Maybe a
runParser :: Parser a -> C.ByteString -> Maybe (a, C.ByteString)
runParser = runStateT
{-# INLINE runParser #-}
int :: Parser Int
int = coerce $ C.readInt . C.dropWhile isSpace
{-# INLINE int #-}
int1 :: Parser Int
int1 = fmap (subtract 1) int
{-# INLINE int1 #-}
char :: Parser Char
char = coerce C.uncons
{-# INLINE char #-}
byte :: Parser Word8
byte = coerce B.uncons
{-# INLINE byte #-}
skipSpaces :: Parser ()
skipSpaces = modify' (C.dropWhile isSpace)
{-# INLINE skipSpaces #-}
lowerBoundM :: (Monad m) => Int -> Int -> (Int -> m Bool) -> m Int
lowerBoundM low high p = go low high where { go !low !high | high <= low = return high | otherwise = p mid >>= bool (go (mid + 1) high) (go low mid) where { mid = low + unsafeShiftRL (high - low) 1}}
{-# INLINE lowerBoundM #-}
upperBoundM :: (Monad m) => Int -> Int -> (Int -> m Bool) -> m Int
upperBoundM low high p = do { flg <- p high; if flg then return high else subtract 1 <$!> lowerBoundM low high (fmap not . p)}
{-# INLINE upperBoundM #-}
lowerBound :: Int -> Int -> (Int -> Bool) -> Int
lowerBound low high p = runIdentity (lowerBoundM low high (return . p))
{-# INLINE lowerBound #-}
upperBound :: Int -> Int -> (Int -> Bool) -> Int
upperBound low high p = runIdentity (upperBoundM low high (return . p))
{-# INLINE upperBound #-}


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