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Given an array A of size N, find the minimum cost to convert it to a ternary array B. A ternary array can only have 0 or 1 or 2. After conversion, ensure that A[i] != B[i]. The cost of converting A[i] to B[i] is | A[i] - B[i] |.Input FormatThe first line of input contains a single integer N - the size of the array and the second line contains array elements.Output FormatPrint the minimum cost to convert array A to B.Constraints1 <= N <= 10000-100000 <= A[i] <= 100000ExampleInput51 -1 2 0 5Output7ExplanationGiven A = {1, -1, 2, 0, 5} can be converted to B = {2, 0, 1, 1, 2}, with a cost of |1-2| + |-1-0| + |2-1| + |0-1| + |5-2| = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 7.

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Given an array A of size N, find the minimum cost to convert it to a ternary array B. A ternary array can only have 0 or 1 or 2. After conversion, ensure that A[i] != B[i]. The cost of converting A[i] to B[i] is | A[i] - B[i] |.Input FormatThe first line of input contains a single integer N - the size of the array and the second line contains array elements.Output FormatPrint the minimum cost to convert array A to B.Constraints1 <= N <= 10000-100000 <= A[i] <= 100000ExampleInput51 -1 2 0 5Output7ExplanationGiven A = {1, -1, 2, 0, 5} can be converted to B = {2, 0, 1, 1, 2}, with a cost of |1-2| + |-1-0| + |2-1| + |0-1| + |5-2| = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 7.

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Step 1: Understand the problem The problem is asking to convert an array A into a ternary array B (an array that only contains 0, 1, or 2) such that no element in B is the same as the corresponding element in A. The cost of converting an element A[i] to B[i] is the absolute difference between A[i] and B[i]. The goal is to minimize this total cost.

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