Minimum Operations to Equalize Array

Given an integer array ARR of length N where ARR[i] = (2*i + 1), determine the minimum number of operations required to make all the elements of ARR equal. In a single operation, you can pick two elements i and j, increment ARR[i] by 1, and decrement ARR[j] by 1.

Input:

The first line contains an integer T, the number of test cases. 
For each test case, there is a single integer N, the length of the array ARR.

Output:

Output the minimum number of operations required for each test case on a separate line.

Example:

Input:
T = 2 
N = 3
N = 4
Output:
2 
4
Explanation:

For N = 3, the array is [1, 3, 5]. Two operations are needed to make all elements equal to 3.
For N = 4, the array is [1, 3, 5, 7]. Four operations are needed to make all elements equal to 4.

Constraints:

  • 1 ≤ T ≤ 1000
  • 1 ≤ N ≤ 109

Note:

You are not required to print anything; just implement the provided function.

Follow-Up:

Consider solving this in constant time and space complexity.

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