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Q38

MCQ2 marks, −0.67

Four Matrices M1,M2,M3M_1, M_2, M_3 and M4M_4 of dimensions p×q,  q×r,  r×s p \times q, \:\:q \times r, \:\:r \times s and s×ts \times t respectively can be multiplied in several ways with different number of total scalar multiplications. For example when multiplied as ((M1×M2)×(M3×M4))((M_1 \times M_2) \times (M_3 \times M_4)), the total number of scalar multiplications is pqr+rst+prtpqr + rst + prt. When multiplied as (((M1×M2)×M3)×M4)(((M_1 \times M_2) \times M_3) \times M_4), the total number of scalar multiplications is pqr+prs+pstpqr + prs + pst. If p=10,q=100,r=20,s=5p=10, q=100, r=20, s=5 and t=80t=80, then the minimum number of scalar multiplications needed is

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