Remove K Corner Elements - Problem Statement

Given an array "arr" consisting of "N" integer elements, your task is to remove "K" elements from the beginning or the end of the array. You must return the maximum possible sum of the remaining elements in the array.

Note: You may remove elements from both the beginning and the end, but the total number of elements removed must be exactly "K".

Input:

The first line contains a single integer ‘T’ denoting the number of test cases. Each test case includes: 
1. A line containing two integers 'N' and 'K', where N is the number of elements in the array, and K is the number of elements to be removed.
2. A line containing N integers, representing the array elements arr[i].

Output:

For each test case, print a single integer denoting the maximum sum of the remaining elements of the array. The output for each test case will be printed on a separate line.

Example:

Sample Input:
2
6 3
1 2 6 4 5 3
8 4
5 3 1 1 8 8 2 2
Sample Output:
15
20
Explanation:
For test case 1: After removing two elements from the beginning and one element from the end, the array becomes {6, 4, 5}. The sum is 15. 
For test case 2: After removing four elements from the beginning, the array becomes {8, 8, 2, 2}. The sum is 20.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= T <= 10
  • 1 <= N <= 10^4
  • 0 <= K <= N
  • 0 <= arr[i] <= 10^6
  • Time limit: 1 sec
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