#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
inline long long abs(long long x)
{return x>=0?x:(-x);}
char ch;
inline void read(long long &x)
{
x=0; ch=getchar();
while (ch<=32) ch=getchar();
while (ch>32)
{
x=x*10+ch-48;
ch=getchar();
}
}
int n,i;
long long sum,a[1000010],x,ans;
int main()
{
freopen("Wealth.in","r",stdin);
freopen("Wealth.out","w",stdout);
while (scanf("%d",&n)==1)
{
ans=sum=0;
for (i=1;i<=n;++i) {read(a[i]); sum+=a[i];}
sum/=n; for (i=1;i<=n;++i) a[i]-=sum;
a[0]=0; for (i=1;i<n;++i) a[i]+=a[i-1];
std::sort(a,a+n);
x=a[n/2];
for (i=0;i<n;++i) ans+=abs(x-a[i]);
printf("%lld\n",ans);
}
fclose(stdin); fclose(stdout);
return 0;
}