#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define REP(i,n) for(int i=0;i<(int)(n);++i)
#define REPR(i,n) for (int i=(int)(n)-1;i>=0;--i)
#define FOR(i,c) for(__typeof((c).begin())i=(c).begin();i!=(c).end();++i)
#define ALL(c) (c).begin(), (c).end()
#define valid(y,x,h,w) (0<=y&&y<h&&0<=x&&x<w)
#define tpl(...) make_tuple(__VA_ARGS__)
const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;
const double EPS = 1e-8;
const double PI = acos(-1);
const int dy[] = {-1,0,1,0};
const int dx[] = {0,1,0,-1};
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
template<class T>bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a<b) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (b<a) { a=b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<typename Ch,typename Tr,typename C,typename=decltype(begin(C()))>basic_ostream<Ch,Tr>& operator<<(basic_ostream<Ch,Tr>&os,
const C& c){os<<'[';for(auto i=begin(c);i!=end(c);++i)os<<(i==begin(c)?"":" ")<<*i;return os<<']';}
template<class S,class T>ostream&operator<<(ostream &o,const pair<S,T>&t){return o<<'('<<t.first<<','<<t.second<<')';}
template<int N,class Tp>void output(ostream&,const Tp&){}
template<int N,class Tp,class,class ...Ts>void output(ostream &o,const Tp&t){if(N)o<<',';o<<get<N>(t);output<N+1,Tp,Ts...>(o,t);}
template<class ...Ts>ostream&operator<<(ostream&o,const tuple<Ts...>&t){o<<'(';output<0,tuple<Ts...>,Ts...>(o,t);return o<<')';}
template<class T>void output(T t,char z=10){if(t<0)t=-t,putchar(45);int c[20];
int k=0;while(t)c[k++]=t%10,t/=10;for(k||(c[k++]=0);k;)putchar(c[--k]^48);putchar(z);}
template<class T>void outputs(T t){output(t);}
template<class S,class ...T>void outputs(S a,T...t){output(a,32);outputs(t...);}
template<class T>void output(T *a,int n){REP(i,n)cout<<a[i]<<(i!=n-1?',':'\n');}
template<class T>void output(T *a,int n,int m){REP(i,n)output(a[i],m);}
template<class T>bool input(T &t){int n=1,c;for(t=0;!isdigit(c=getchar())&&~c&&c-45;);
if(!~c)return 0;for(c-45&&(n=0,t=c^48);isdigit(c=getchar());)t=10*t+c-48;t=n?-t:t;return 1;}
template<class S,class ...T>bool input(S&a,T&...t){input(a);return input(t...);}
template<class T>bool inputs(T *a, int n) { REP(i,n) if(!input(a[i])) return 0; return 1;}

ll C[10];

int main() {
  int B,N;
  while(input(B,N)){
    inputs(C,N);
    ll low=0, high=1LL<<40;
    while(low+1<high) {
      ll mid = (low+high)/2;
      ll t = B;
      REP(i,N) {
        t += C[i]-mid;
      }
      if (t >= 0) high = mid;
      else low = mid;
    }
    sort(C,C+N);
    ll target = min(high,C[(N-1)/2]) ;
    ll ans = 0;
    REP(i,N) ans += abs(target-C[i]);
    cout << ans << endl;
  }
}