import sys
import pypyjit
import itertools
import heapq
import math
from collections import deque, defaultdict
import bisect

input = sys.stdin.readline
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 6)
pypyjit.set_param('max_unroll_recursion=-1')


def index_lt(a, x):
    'return largest index s.t. A[i] < x or -1 if it does not exist'
    return bisect.bisect_left(a, x) - 1


def index_le(a, x):
    'return largest index s.t. A[i] <= x or -1 if it does not exist'
    return bisect.bisect_right(a, x) - 1


def index_gt(a, x):
    'return smallest index s.t. A[i] > x or len(a) if it does not exist'
    return bisect.bisect_right(a, x)


def index_ge(a, x):
    'return smallest index s.t. A[i] >= x or len(a) if it does not exist'
    return bisect.bisect_left(a, x)


B = int(input())
N = int(input())
C = [int(input()) for _ in range(N)]
S = sum(C) + B

ans = 1 << 40
for c in C:
    if c * N > S:
        continue
    acc = 0
    for cc in C:
        acc += abs(c - cc)
    ans = min(ans, acc)
print(ans)