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We have n chips, where the position of the ith chip is position[i].

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We need to move all the chips to the same position. In one step, we can change the position of the ith chip from position[i] to:

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Return the minimum cost needed to move all the chips to the same position.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: position = [1,2,3]\nOutput: 1\nExplanation: First step: Move the chip at position 3 to position 1 with cost = 0.\nSecond step: Move the chip at position 2 to position 1 with cost = 1.\nTotal cost is 1.\n
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Example 2:

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\nInput: position = [2,2,2,3,3]\nOutput: 2\nExplanation: We can move the two chips at position  3 to position 2. Each move has cost = 1. The total cost = 2.\n
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Example 3:

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\nInput: position = [1,1000000000]\nOutput: 1\n
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