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Explore how to apply greedy algorithms to solve the candy distribution problem, ensuring every child gets fair candies according to their rating while minimizing the total candies needed.

Statement

You are given an array, ratings, where ratings[i] represents the rating of the i-th child standing in a line. Your task is to distribute candies to each child based on the following rules:

  1. Every child must receive at least one candy.

  2. Children with a higher rating get more candies than their neighbors.

Determine the minimum total number of candies you must distribute to satisfy the above conditions.

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