Help me in solving MAXTHEMIN problem

help
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My issue

In 2nd test case why cant we perform , A2 = A1 and make 2 → 8 and thus maximize value of 2 to 8 instead of 2 to 3 ?

My code

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
	// your code goes here
	return 0;
}

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@yashjoshi6787
yeah we can do so but still we get answer as 3 . So it doesn’t matter .