Array Operations

You are given an array $A$ of $N$ positive integers $A_1,A_2,…,A_N$ where $N$ is **odd**. You will perform the following operation repeatedly until only one element remains: - Choose any three consecutive elements in the array, say $A_i, A_{i+1},$ and $A_{i+2}$ for some valid index $i$. Remove these three elements and replace them in the same position with a single integer equal to $max⁡(A_i + 1,