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Mountain Peak Identifier
You are given a list of integers representing the heights of mountains, where the list is strictly increasing and then strictly decreasing. Your task is to identify the peak height (the highest point in the list). Determine and print this peak height.
Input:
The first line contains an integer n (3 <= n <= 1000), the number of mountains.
The next n lines contain the height of each mountain.
Output:
Print the peak height.
Example:
Input:
5
1
3
8
5
2
Output:
8
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