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7) Suppоse we аre given n rоpes оf different lengths, аnd we wаnt to tie these ropes into a single rope. The cost to connect two ropes is equal to the sum of their lengths. We want to connect all the ropes with the minimum cost. For example, suppose we have 4 ropes of lengths 7, 3, 5, and 1. One (not optimal!) solution would be to combine the 7 and 3 ropes for a rope of size 10, then combine this new size 10 rope with the size 5 rope for a rope of size 15, then combine the rope of size 15 with the rope of size 1 for a final rope of size 16. The total cost would be 10 + 15 + 16 = 41. (Note: the optimal cost for this problem is 29. How might you combine the ropes for that cost?) Find a greedy algorithm for the minimum cost and prove the correctness of your algorithm.