/*
author: Tran Van Nam
Nguyen Trai High School - Quang Binh
*/
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const long long INF = 1e18;
signed main(){
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int n; cin >> n;
vector <int> a(n);
for (auto &x: a) cin >> x;
long long l = 1, r = 1e9, ans = INF;
while (l <= r){
long long mid = l + r >> 1;
long long sum = 0;
for (auto &x: a) sum += abs(x - mid);
if (ans >= sum){
ans = sum;
r = mid - 1;
}
else l = mid + 1;
}
cout << ans;
return 0^0;
}
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