#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <algorithm>
#include <assert.h>
#include <complex>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <tuple>
#include <cmath>
#include <bitset>
#include <cctype>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <numeric>
#include <functional>
#include <chrono>
#define _overload3(_1,_2,_3,name,...) name
#define _rep(i,n) repi(i,0,n)
#define repi(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i<b;++i)
#define rep(...) _overload3(__VA_ARGS__,repi,_rep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define _rrep(i,a) rrepi(i,a,0)
#define rrepi(i,a,b) for(ll i=a-1;i>=b;--i)
#define rrep(...) _overload3(__VA_ARGS__,rrepi,_rrep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define PRINT(V) cout << V << "\n"
#define SORT(V) sort((V).begin(),(V).end())
#define RSORT(V) sort((V).rbegin(), (V).rend())
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
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; }
inline void Yes(bool condition){ if(condition) PRINT("Yes"); else PRINT("No"); }
template<class itr> void cins(itr first,itr last){
    for (auto i = first;i != last;i++){
        cin >> (*i);
    }
}
template<class itr> void array_output(itr start,itr goal){
    string ans = "",k = " ";
    for (auto i = start;i != goal;i++) ans += to_string(*i)+k;
    if (!ans.empty()) ans.pop_back();
    PRINT(ans);
}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
    return a ? gcd(b%a,a) : b;
}

const ll INF = 1e16;
const ll MOD = 1000000007;
const ll MOD2 = 998244353;
const ll MOD3 = 1e6;
const ll EPS = 1e-10;
int sgn(const double a){
    return (a < -EPS ? -1 : (a > EPS ? +1 : 0));
}
typedef pair<int,int> pi;
typedef pair<ll,ll> P;
typedef tuple<ll,ll,ll> tri;
typedef pair<double,double> point;
typedef complex<double> Point;
typedef string::const_iterator State;
const ll MAX = 125000;
constexpr ll nx[4] = {-1,0,1,0};
constexpr ll ny[4] = {0,1,0,-1};

int main(){
    /*
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(nullptr);
    cout.tie(nullptr);
    */
    ll n;
    cin >> n;
    vector<ll> x(n),y(n);
    rep(i,n){
        cin >> x[i] >> y[i];
    }
    ll ans = 0;
    rep(i,1,n-1){
        ll a1 = x[i]-x[0],b1 = y[i]-y[0],a2 = x[i+1]-x[0],b2 = y[i+1]-y[0];
        ans += abs(a1*b2-a2*b1);
    }
    PRINT(ans);
}