// Author : AkSHAYA
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//Macros
#define fast ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
#define io cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define pb push_back
#define mk make_pair
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define in(array) ll x;cin>>x; array.pb(x);
#define fo(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i<b;i++)
#define rev(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i>=b;i--)
#define tc ll T;cin>>T;while(T--)
#define vl vector<ll>
#define vvl vector<vl>
#define ll long long
#define ull unsigned long long
#define lld long double
#define yes cout<<"YES"<<"\n";
#define no cout<<"NO"<<"\n";
//Constants
const lld PI= 3.141592653589793238;
const ll INF= 1e18;
const ll mod=1e9+7;
//debug
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define debug(x) cerr<<#x<<"---"<<x<<endl;
#else
#define debug(x)
#endif
//Mathematical functions
ll gcd(ll a, ll b){if (b == 0)return a;return gcd(b, a % b);}
ll lcm(ll a, ll b){return ((a/gcd(a,b))*b);}
ll binpow(ll a,ll b){ll ans = 1;while(b > 0){if (b & 1)ans = (ans%mod *a%mod)%mod;a =(a%mod* a%mod)%mod;b >>= 1;}return ans%mod;}
bool is_prime(ll n){if(n==2) return true;else if (n <= 1||n>1000000||n%2==0) return false;for (int i = 3; i*i<= n; i+=2) if (n % i == 0) return false;return true;}
void prime_factors(ll n){map<ll,ll>m;for(ll i=2;i*i<=n;i++) while(n%i==0){ m[i]++; n/=i; } if(n>1) m[n]++; for(auto x:m)cout<<x.first<<"----"<<x.second<<"\n";}
//**************************************************************************//
void solve(){
ll n;cin>>n;
vector<ll>a;
fo(i,0,n){in(a)}
sort(all(a));
ll x=a.size()/2;
ll cnt=0;
fo(i,0,n){
cnt+=abs(a[x]-a[i]);
}
cout<<cnt<<"\n";
}
int main(){
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
freopen("error.txt","w",stderr);
#endif
fast io
solve();
return 0;
}
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