---
id: 5900f37e1000cf542c50fe91
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 18: Maximum path sum I'
videoUrl: ''
localeTitle: ''
---

## Description
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## Instructions
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## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: ''
    testString: 'assert.strictEqual(maximumPathSumI(testTriangle), 23, "<code>maximumPathSumI(testTriangle)</code> should return 23.");'
  - text: ''
    testString: 'assert.strictEqual(maximumPathSumI(numTriangle), 1074, "<code>maximumPathSumI(numTriangle)</code> should return 1074.");'

```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>

<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function maximumPathSumI(triangle) {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}

const testTriangle = [[3, 0, 0, 0],
                      [7, 4, 0, 0],
                      [2, 4, 6, 0],
                      [8, 5, 9, 3]];

maximumPathSumI(testTriangle);

```

</div>

### Before Test
<div id='js-setup'>

```js
const numTriangle = [[75, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [95, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [17, 47, 82, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [18, 35, 87, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [20, 4, 82, 47, 65, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [19, 1, 23, 75, 3, 34, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [88, 2, 77, 73, 7, 63, 67, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [99, 65, 4, 28, 6, 16, 70, 92, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [41, 41, 26, 56, 83, 40, 80, 70, 33, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [41, 48, 72, 33, 47, 32, 37, 16, 94, 29, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [53, 71, 44, 65, 25, 43, 91, 52, 97, 51, 14, 0, 0, 0, 0], [70, 11, 33, 28, 77, 73, 17, 78, 39, 68, 17, 57, 0, 0, 0], [91, 71, 52, 38, 17, 14, 91, 43, 58, 50, 27, 29, 48, 0, 0], [63, 66, 4, 68, 89, 53, 67, 30, 73, 16, 69, 87, 40, 31, 0], [4, 62, 98, 27, 23, 9, 70, 98, 73, 93, 38, 53, 60, 4, 23]];

```

</div>


</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>

```js
// solution required
```
</section>