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Medium#2602
LeetCode Problem

Minimum Operations to Make All Array Elements Equal

Problem Statement

Changing one nums entry by +1 or -1 is one operation. For each queries value, return the minimum operations to make all entries equal to it. Each query starts again from the original nums.

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Examples

# Example 1

Input
nums = [3,1,6,8], queries = [1,5]
Output
[14,10]

# Example 2

Input
nums = [2,9,6,3], queries = [10]
Output
[20]

Constraints

n == nums.length
m == queries.length
1 <= n, m <= 10^5
1 <= nums[i], queries[i] <= 10^9

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