using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using SB = System.Text.StringBuilder;
//using System.Threading.Tasks;
//using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
//using System.Globalization;
//using System.Diagnostics;
using static System.Console;
using System.Numerics;
using static System.Math;
using pair = Pair<int, int>;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        //SetOut(new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
        new Program().solve();
        Out.Flush();
    }
    readonly Scanner cin = new Scanner();
    readonly int[] dd = { 0, 1, 0, -1, 0 }; //→↓←↑
    readonly int mod = 1000000007;
    readonly int dom = 998244353;
    bool chmax<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable<T> { if (a.CompareTo(b) < 0) { a = b; return true; } return false; }
    bool chmin<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable<T> { if (b.CompareTo(a) < 0) { a = b; return true; } return false; }

    void solve()
    {
        int N = cin.nextint;
        var Y = cin.scanlong;
        Array.Sort(Y);
        

        var S = new SegTree<long>(N, (x, y) => x + y, 0, Y);
        var P = new LongMedianQueue();
        var L = new long[N];
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            P.Enqueue(Y[i]);
            L[i] = P.Med;          
        }
        var R = new long[N];
        P = new LongMedianQueue();
        for (int i = N - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            P.Enqueue(Y[i]);
            R[i] = P.Med;
        }

        if (Y[0] == Y[N - 1])
        {
            WriteLine(1);
            return;
        }

        var ans = long.MaxValue;
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++)
        {
            var m = L[i];
            var id = Y.lower_bound(m);
            var sum = m * id - S[0, id - 1];
            sum += S[id + 1, i] - (i - id) * m;


            m = R[i + 1];
            id = Y.lower_bound(m);
            sum += m * (id - i) - S[i + 1, id];
            sum += S[id, N - 1] - (N - id) * m;

            chmin(ref ans, sum);
        }
        WriteLine(ans);
    }

}

/// <OriginalAuthor>riantkb</OriginalAuthor>
class SegTree<T>
{
    readonly int n;
    int s, t;
    T[] tr;
    readonly Func<T, T, T> f;
    readonly T exnum;

    /// <summary>
    ///  セグメントツリーの構築1
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="m">要素数</param>
    /// <param name="f">マージ関数</param>
    /// <param name="ex">単位元</param>
    public SegTree(int m, Func<T, T, T> f, T ex)
    {
        this.f = f; exnum = ex; n = 1;
        while (n < m) n <<= 1;
        tr = new T[(n << 1) - 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < tr.Length; i++) tr[i] = ex;
    }
    public SegTree(int m, Func<T, T, T> f, T ex, T ini) : this(m, f, ex)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) Assign(i, ini);
        All_Update();
    }
    public SegTree(int m, Func<T, T, T> f, T ex, IList<T> ini) : this(m, f, ex)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < m; i++) Assign(i, ini[i]);
        All_Update();
    }
    public T Look(int j) => tr[j + n - 1];
    public T Peek() => tr[0];


    /// <summary>
    /// 最下層に値の代入
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="j">代入するインデックス</param>
    /// <param name="x">代入する値</param>
    public void Assign(int j, T x) => tr[j + n - 1] = x;
    public void Update(int j, T x)
    {
        Assign(j, x);
        Update(j);
    }
    public void Update(int j)
    {
        int i = j + n - 1;
        while (i > 0) { i = i - 1 >> 1; tr[i] = f(tr[i << 1 | 1], tr[i + 1 << 1]); }
    }
    public void All_Update() { for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--) tr[i] = f(tr[i << 1 | 1], tr[i + 1 << 1]); }
    /// <summary>
    /// return node[s, t] 区間クエリ
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="s">左端 0-indexed</param>
    /// <param name="t">右端 0-indexed</param>
    /// <returns>node[s, t]</returns>
    public T this[int s, int t] => Run(s, t);
    T Run(int s, int t) { t++; this.s = s; this.t = t; return Query(0, 0, n); }
    T Query(int k, int l, int r) => r <= s || t <= l ? exnum : s <= l && r <= t ? tr[k]
                              : f(Query(k << 1 | 1, l, l + r >> 1), Query(k + 1 << 1, l + r >> 1, r));
}

class LongMedianQueue
{
    public bool even;
    public LongPriorityQueue left, right;
    public LongMedianQueue()
    {
        left = new LongPriorityQueue();
        right = new LongPriorityQueue(-1);
        even = true;
    }
    public void Enqueue(long x)
    {
        even = !even;
        if (!Any || x.CompareTo(Med) < 0)
        {
            left.Enqueue(x);
            if (even) right.Enqueue(left.Dequeue());
        }
        else
        {
            right.Enqueue(x);
            if (!even) left.Enqueue(right.Dequeue());
        }
    }
    public long Dequeue(long x)
    {
        even = !even;
        var ret = left.Dequeue();
        if (!even) left.Enqueue(right.Dequeue());
        return ret;
    }
    public int Count => left.Count + right.Count;
    public bool Any => left.Count > 0;
    public long Med => left.Peek();
}

class LongPriorityQueue
{
    List<long> heap;
    readonly int cmp;
    public LongPriorityQueue(int cmp = 1) { heap = new List<long>(); this.cmp = cmp; }
    public void Enqueue(long x)
    {
        Sum += x;
        heap.Add(x);
        int i = Count++;
        while (i > 0)
        {
            int p = (i - 1) >> 1;
            if (x.CompareTo(heap[p]) * cmp <= 0) break;
            heap[i] = heap[p]; i = p;
        }
        heap[i] = x;
    }
    public long Dequeue()
    {
        var ret = heap[0]; var x = heap[--Count];
        Sum -= ret;
        int i = 0;
        while ((i << 1) + 1 < Count)
        {
            int a = (i << 1) + 1; int b = (i << 1) + 2;
            if (b < Count && heap[a].CompareTo(heap[b]) * cmp < 0) a = b;
            if (x.CompareTo(heap[a]) * cmp >= 0) break;
            heap[i] = heap[a]; i = a;
        }
        heap[i] = x; heap.RemoveAt(Count);
        return ret;
    }
    public long Sum { get; private set; }
    public int Count { get; private set; }
    public bool Any => Count > 0;
    public long Peek() => heap[0];
}

static class Ex
{
    public static void join<T>(this IEnumerable<T> values, string sep = " ") => WriteLine(string.Join(sep, values));
    public static string concat<T>(this IEnumerable<T> values) => string.Concat(values);
    public static string reverse(this string s) { var t = s.ToCharArray(); Array.Reverse(t); return t.concat(); }

    public static int lower_bound<T>(this IList<T> arr, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    {
        int low = 0, high = arr.Count;
        int mid;
        while (low < high)
        {
            mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
            if (arr[mid].CompareTo(val) < 0) low = mid + 1;
            else high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }
    public static int upper_bound<T>(this IList<T> arr, T val) where T : IComparable<T>
    {
        int low = 0, high = arr.Count;
        int mid;
        while (low < high)
        {
            mid = ((high - low) >> 1) + low;
            if (arr[mid].CompareTo(val) <= 0) low = mid + 1;
            else high = mid;
        }
        return low;
    }
}

class Pair<T, U> : IComparable<Pair<T, U>> where T : IComparable<T> where U : IComparable<U>
{
    public T f; public U s;
    public Pair(T f, U s) { this.f = f; this.s = s; }
    public int CompareTo(Pair<T, U> a) => f.CompareTo(a.f) != 0 ? f.CompareTo(a.f) : s.CompareTo(a.s);
    public override string ToString() => $"{f} {s}";
}

class Scanner
{
    string[] s; int i;
    readonly char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };
    public Scanner() { s = new string[0]; i = 0; }
    public string[] scan => ReadLine().Split();
    public int[] scanint => Array.ConvertAll(scan, int.Parse);
    public long[] scanlong => Array.ConvertAll(scan, long.Parse);
    public double[] scandouble => Array.ConvertAll(scan, double.Parse);
    public string next
    {
        get
        {
            if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
            string st = ReadLine();
            while (st == "") st = ReadLine();
            s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            i = 0;
            return next;
        }
    }
    public int nextint => int.Parse(next);
    public long nextlong => long.Parse(next);
    public double nextdouble => double.Parse(next);
}