Hay Bales
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Given N piles of hay with possibly unequal heights, find the minimum number of bales to move so all piles have equal height.
Problem
The cows are at it again! Farmer John has carefully arranged () piles of hay bales, each of the same height. When he isn't looking, however, the cows move some of the hay bales between piles, so their heights are no longer necessarily the same. Given the new heights of all the piles, help Farmer John determine the minimum number of hay bales he needs to move in order to restore all the piles to their original, equal heights.
Input
- Line 1: The number of piles, ().
- Lines 2 to : Each line contains the number of hay bales in a single pile (an integer between and , inclusive).
Output
- Line 1: An integer giving the minimum number of hay bales that need to be moved to make all piles have equal height.
Hint
Input Details
There are 4 piles, of heights 2, 10, 7, and 1.
Output Details
By moving 7 hay bales (3 from pile 2 to pile 1, 2 from pile 2 to pile 4, 2 from pile 3 to pile 4), all piles can be made to have height 5.