Maximise the Sum

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You are given an array with $N$ integers: $A[1], A[2], \ldots, A[N]$ (where $N$ is even). You are allowed to permute the elements however you want. Say, after permuting the elements, you end up with the array $A'[1], A'[2], \ldots, A'[N]$. Your goal is to maximize the following sum: $$ |A'[1] - A'[2]| \ + \ |A'[3] - A'[4]| \ + \ ... \ + \ |A'[N - 1] - A'[N]| $$ Here, $|x|$ denotes the absolute v

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