#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long
#define endl "\n"
#define fast ios::sync_with_stdio(NULL); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
#define pb push_back
#define yes cout<<"YES"<<endl
#define no cout<<"NO"<<endl
#define F first
#define S second
#define C continue
#define R return
const ll N=5e5+9;
const ll mod=1e9+7;
const ll oo=1e18;
const ll M=1e6+10;
ll T,n,a[N],x,ans;
int main()
{
fast
//freopen("input.in","r",stdin) ;
//freopen("output.txt","w",stdout);
T=1;
//cin>>T;
while(T--)
{
cin>>n;
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
cin>>a[i];
}
sort(a+1,a+n+1);
x=a[(n+1)/2];
ans=0;
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
ans+=abs(a[i]-x);
}
cout<<ans;
}
return 0;
}
/*
*/
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