// template version 1.12
using namespace std;
#include <iostream>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

// varibable settings
#define infile "../test/sample-1.in"
#define int long long //{{{
const int INF=1e18;
const int MOD=1e9+7; //}}}

// define basic macro {{{
#define _overload3(_1,_2,_3,name,...) name
#define _rep(i,n) repi(i,0,n)
#define repi(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(a);i<(int)(b);++i)
#define rep(...) _overload3(__VA_ARGS__,repi,_rep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define _rrep(i,n) rrepi(i,0,n)
#define rrepi(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)((b)-1);i>=(int)(a);--i)
#define rrep(...) _overload3(__VA_ARGS__,rrepi,_rrep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define each(i,a) for (auto&& i : a)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define sz(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define pb(a) push_back(a)
#define mp(a, b) make_pair(a, b)
#define uni(x) sort(all(x));x.erase(unique(all(x)),x.end())
#define ub upper_bound
#define lb lower_bound
#define posl(A, x) (lower_bound(all(A), x)-A.begin())
#define posu(A, x) (upper_bound(all(A),x)-A.begin())
template<class T> inline void chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if((a) < (b)) (a) = (b); }
template<class T> inline void chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if((a) > (b)) (a) = (b); }

typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef tuple<int,int,int> iii;

template<typename T> using PQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
struct Fast { Fast(){ std::cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); } } fast;

#if defined(PCM) || defined(LOCAL)
  #include "lib/dump.hpp"
#else
  #define dump(...) 42
  #define dump_1d(...) 42
  #define dump_2d(...) 42
#endif
//}}}

int solve(){
  int n;cin>>n;
  vector<int> y(n);
  rep(i, n) {
    cin>>y[i];
  }
  sort(all(y));
  dump(y);

  vector<int> ay(n);ay[0]=y[0];
  rep(i,1,n) ay[i] = ay[i-1]+y[i]; 
  dump(ay);

  int ans = INF;
  rep(i, n-1){
    int res = 0;

    int m = (0+i)/2;
    if (m-1>=0){
      res -= ay[m-1];
      res += m*y[m];
    }
    res += ay[i] - ay[m];
    res -= (i-m)*y[m];

    int l = ((i+1)+(n-1)+1)/2;
    res -= ay[l-1]-ay[i];
    res += ((l-1)-i)*y[l];

    res += ay[n-1]-ay[l];
    res -= ((n-1)-l)*y[l];

    if (y[m]==y[l]) res++;
    dump(i, m, l, res);
    
    chmin(ans, res);
  }

  cout << ans << endl;

  return 0;
}

signed main() { //{{{
#ifdef INPUT_FROM_FILE
  std::ifstream in(infile);
  std::cin.rdbuf(in.rdbuf());
#endif
  solve();
  return 0;
} //}}}