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# Youtube Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBRtnuxg-gU

from typing import List

def minimum_cost_path(matrix: List[List[int]]) -> int:

"""

Find the minimum cost traced by all possible paths from top left to bottom right in

a given matrix

>>> minimum_cost_path([[2, 1], [3, 1], [4, 2]])

>>> minimum_cost_path([[2, 1, 4], [2, 1, 3], [3, 2, 1]])

"""

# preprocessing the first row

for i in range(1, len(matrix[0])):

matrix[0][i] += matrix[0][i - 1]

# preprocessing the first column

for i in range(1, len(matrix)):

matrix[i][0] += matrix[i - 1][0]

# updating the path cost for current position

for i in range(1, len(matrix)):

for j in range(1, len(matrix[0])):

matrix[i][j] += min(matrix[i - 1][j], matrix[i][j - 1])

return matrix[-1][-1]

if __name__ == "__main__":

import doctest

doctest.testmod()

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