#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES

#include <iostream>	//cin, cout
#include <vector>	//vector
#include <algorithm> //sort,min,max,count
#include <string>	//string,getline, to_string
#include <ios>		//fixed
#include <iomanip>	//setprecision
#include <utility> //swap, pair
#include <cstdlib>	//abs(int)
#include <cmath>	//sqrt,ceil,M_PI, pow, sin
#include <sstream>	//stringstream, getline
#include <numeric>	//gcd, accumlate
#include <deque>	//deque
#include <random>	//randam_device
#include <limits>	//numeric_limits

using namespace std;
constexpr long long int D_MOD = 1000000007;

int main() {

	int d, a, b;
	cin >> d >> a >> b;

	int min = 2147483647;
	int temp;

	for (int i = 0; i <= d; i++) {
		temp = i * a + (d - i) * b;
		if (temp < min) {
			min = temp;
		}
	}

	cout << temp << endl;

	return 0;

}