Negative Doubling

AtCoder
IDcaddi2018_c
Time2000ms
Memory256MB
Difficulty
There are $N$ positive integers $A_1, A_2, ..., A_N$. Takahashi can perform the following operation on these integers any number of times: * Choose $1 \leq i \leq N$ and multiply the value of $A_i$ by $-2$. Notice that he multiplies it by **minus** two. He would like to make $A_1 \leq A_2 \leq ... \leq A_N$ holds. Find the minimum number of operations required. If it is impossible, print `-1`. ## Constraints * $1 \leq N \leq 200000$ * $1 \leq A_i \leq 10^9$ ## Input Input is given from Standard Input in the following format: $N$ $A_1$ $A_2$ $...$ $A_N$ [samples]
Samples
Input #1
4
3 1 4 1
Output #1
3

One possible solution is:

*   Choose $i=4$ and multiply the value of $A_4$ by $-2$. $A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4$ are now $3, 1, 4, -2$.
*   Choose $i=1$ and multiply the value of $A_1$ by $-2$. $A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4$ are now $-6, 1, 4, -2$.
*   Choose $i=4$ and multiply the value of $A_4$ by $-2$. $A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4$ are now $-6, 1, 4, 4$.
Input #2
5
1 2 3 4 5
Output #2
0

$A_1 \leq A_2 \leq ... \leq A_N$ holds before any operation is performed.
Input #3
8
657312726 129662684 181537270 324043958 468214806 916875077 825989291 319670097
Output #3
7
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