Three Integers

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You are given three integers A, B and C. You may perform the following operation an arbitrary number of times: choose one of the numbers A, B, C and either add 1 to it or subtract 1 from it. Find the minimum number of operations required to make the sequence A, B, C an arithmetic progression, i.e. a sequence which satisfies B - A = C - B. Input - The first line of the input contains a singl

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