#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main() {
long long n;
cin>>n;
long long p[n];
for(long long i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cin>>p[i];
}
sort(p,p+n);
long long median;
if(n%2 == 0)
{
median = p[n/2-1];
}
else
{
median = p[n/2];
}
long long sum=0;
for(long long i=0;i<n;i++)
{
sum+=abs(median-p[i]);
}
cout<<sum<<endl;
return 0;
}
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