import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Scanner sc = new Scanner();
        int d = sc.nextInt();
        int a = sc.nextInt();
        int b = sc.nextInt();
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int i = 0; i <= d; i++) {
            min = Math.min(min, a * i + b * (d - i));
        }
        System.out.println(min);
    }
}

class Scanner {
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer("");
    
    public Scanner() throws Exception {
        
    }
    
    public int nextInt() throws Exception {
        return Integer.parseInt(next());
    }
    
    public long nextLong() throws Exception {
        return Long.parseLong(next());
    }
    
    public String next() throws Exception {
        if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) {
            st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
        }
        return st.nextToken();
    }
}