Problem Link : http://train.usaco.org/usacoprob2?a=tffkkLavmsp&S=skidesign
/* PROG: skidesign LANG: C++ */ #include <bits/stdc++.h> #define pii pair <int,int> #define sc scanf #define pf printf #define Pi 2*acos(0.0) #define ms(a,b) memset(a, b, sizeof(a)) #define pb(a) push_back(a) #define MP make_pair #define db double #define ll long long #define EPS 10E-10 #define ff first #define ss second #define sqr(x) (x)*(x) #define D(x) cout<<#x " = "<<(x)<<endl #define VI vector <int> #define DBG pf("Hi\n") #define MOD 100007 #define MAX 10000 #define CIN ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0) #define SZ(a) (int)a.size() #define sf(a) scanf("%d",&a) #define sfl(a) scanf("%lld",&a) #define sff(a,b) scanf("%d %d",&a,&b) #define sffl(a,b) scanf("%lld %lld",&a,&b) #define sfff(a,b,c) scanf("%d %d %d",&a,&b,&c) #define sfffl(a,b,c) scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c) #define loop(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++) #define REP(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i<b;i++) #define TEST_CASE(t) for(int z=1;z<=t;z++) #define PRINT_CASE printf("Case %d: ",z) #define all(a) a.begin(),a.end() #define intlim 2147483648 #define inf 1000000 #define ull unsigned long long using namespace std; /*----------------------Graph Moves----------------*/ //const int fx[]={+1,-1,+0,+0}; //const int fy[]={+0,+0,+1,-1}; //const int fx[]={+0,+0,+1,-1,-1,+1,-1,+1}; // Kings Move //const int fy[]={-1,+1,+0,+0,+1,+1,-1,-1}; // Kings Move //const int fx[]={-2, -2, -1, -1, 1, 1, 2, 2}; // Knights Move //const int fy[]={-1, 1, -2, 2, -2, 2, -1, 1}; // Knights Move /*------------------------------------------------*/ /*-----------------------Bitmask------------------*/ //int Set(int N,int pos){return N=N | (1<<pos);} //int reset(int N,int pos){return N= N & ~(1<<pos);} //bool check(int N,int pos){return (bool)(N & (1<<pos));} /*------------------------------------------------*/ int main() { freopen("skidesign.in","r",stdin); freopen("skidesign.out","w",stdout); int n,x; sf(n); vector<int>v; loop(i,n) sf(x),v.pb(x); ll ans=INT_MAX; for(int i=1; i<=83; i++) { ll temp=0; for(int j=0; j<n; j++) { if(v[j]<i) temp+=sqr(i-v[j]); else if(v[j]>i+17) temp+=sqr(v[j]-i-17); } ans=min(ans,temp); } cout<<ans<<endl; return 0; }