Minimizing the sum of given input

Code_practice.py

'''
Minimise the sum
'''
import time
t1 = time.process_time()
a = []
for i in range(len(a)-1):
   b = max(a)
   c = b // 2
   a.append(c)
   a.remove(b)
final = a
The sum() is used to get the sum of total elements in the list
print("Min sum " + "-", sum(final))
t2 = time.process_time()
print(t1)
print(t2)