#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define M_PI       3.14159265358979323846

using namespace std;

//conversion
//------------------------------------------
inline int toInt(string s) { int v; istringstream sin(s); sin >> v; return v; }
template<class T> inline string toString(T x) { ostringstream sout; sout << x; return sout.str(); }
inline int readInt() { int x; scanf("%d", &x); return x; }

//typedef
//------------------------------------------
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef vector<VI> VVI;
typedef vector<string> VS;
typedef pair<int, int> PII;
typedef pair<int, PII> TIII;
typedef long long LL;
typedef unsigned long long ULL;
typedef vector<LL> VLL;
typedef vector<VLL> VVLL;


//container util

//------------------------------------------
#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define RALL(a) (a).rbegin(), (a).rend()
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair
#define SZ(a) int((a).size())
#define SQ(a) ((a)*(a))
#define EACH(i,c) for(typeof((c).begin()) i=(c).begin(); i!=(c).end(); ++i)
#define EXIST(s,e) ((s).find(e)!=(s).end())
#define SORT(c) sort((c).begin(),(c).end())

//repetition
//------------------------------------------
#define FOR(i,s,n) for(int i=s;i<(int)n;++i)
#define REP(i,n) FOR(i,0,n)
#define MOD 1000000007

#define rep(i, a, b) for(int i = a; i < (b); ++i)
#define trav(a, x) for(auto& a : x)
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()



typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef vector<int> vi;
const double EPS = 1E-8;

#define chmin(x,y) x=min(x,y)
#define chmax(x,y) x=max(x,y)
const int INF = 100000000;

struct Edge {
    int to, from;
    ll cost;
    Edge(int from, int to, ll cost): from(from), to(to), cost(cost) {}
};

struct UnionFind {
    vector<int> data;
    UnionFind(int size) : data(size, -1) { }
    bool unionSet(int x, int y) {
        x = root(x); y = root(y);
        if (x != y) {
            if (data[y] < data[x]) swap(x, y);
            data[x] += data[y]; data[y] = x;
        }
        return x != y;
    }
    bool findSet(int x, int y) {
        return root(x) == root(y);
    }
    int root(int x) {
        return data[x] < 0 ? x : data[x] = root(data[x]);
    }
    int size(int x) {
        return -data[root(x)];
    }
};
typedef vector<vector<Edge>> AdjList;
AdjList graph;


bool comp(const Edge& e1, const Edge& e2) {
    return e1.cost < e2.cost;
}

vector<int> split_naive(const string &s, char delim) {
    vector<int> elems;
    string item;
    for (char ch: s) {
        if (ch == delim) {
            if (!item.empty())
                elems.push_back(atoi(item.c_str()));
            item.clear();
        }
        else {
            item += ch;
        }
    }
    if (!item.empty())
        elems.push_back(atoi(item.c_str()));
    return elems;
}


ll mod_pow(ll x, ll n, ll mod){
    ll res = 1;
    bool c = false;
    while(n){
        if(n&1) res = res * x;

        if(res > mod){
            c = true;
            res %= mod;
        }
        x = x * x %mod;
        n >>= 1;
    }
    if(c) return mod;
    return res;
}
#define SIEVE_SIZE 9000*9000
bool sieve[SIEVE_SIZE];
void make_sieve(){
    for(int i=0; i<SIEVE_SIZE; ++i) sieve[i] = true;
    sieve[0] = sieve[1] = false;
    for(int i=2; i*i<SIEVE_SIZE; ++i) if(sieve[i]) for(int j=2; i*j<SIEVE_SIZE; ++j) sieve[i*j] = false;
}

bool isprime(ll n){
    for(ll i=2; i*i<=n; ++i) if(n%i==0) return false;
    return true;
}

template<typename T>
vector<T> gauss_jordan(const vector<vector<T>>& A, const vector<T>& b){
    int n = A.size();
    vector<vector<T>> B(n, vector<T>(n+1));

    for(int i=0; i<n; ++i){
        for(int j=0; j<n; ++j){
            B[i][j] = A[i][j];
        }
    }

    for(int i=0; i<n; ++i) B[i][n] = b[i];

    for(int i=0; i<n; ++i){
        int pivot = i;
        for(int j=i; j<n; ++j){
            if(abs(B[j][i]) > abs(B[pivot][i])) pivot = j;
        }
        swap(B[i], B[pivot]);

        if(abs(B[i][i]) < EPS) return vector<T>(); //解なし

        for(int j=i+1; j<=n; ++j) B[i][j] /= B[i][i];
        for(int j=0; j<n; ++j){
            if(i != j){
                for(int k=i+1; k<=n; ++k) B[j][k] -= B[i][j] * B[i][k];
            }
        }
    }

    vector<T> x(n);

    for(int i=0; i<n; ++i) x[i] = B[i][n];
    return x;
    
}
int main() {
    //cin.tie(0);
    //ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    //cout << fixed << setprecision(10);


    int N; cin >> N;
    vector<ll> arr;
    for(int i=0; i<N; ++i){
        ll a; cin >> a;
        arr.push_back(a);
    }

    sort(all(arr));
    
    ll c = (N%2==0? (arr[N/2] + arr[N/2+1])/2: arr[N/2]);

    ll ans = 0;

    for(int i=0; i<N; ++i){
        ans += abs(c-arr[i]);
    }
    cout << ans << endl;

    
    
    return 0;

}