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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+
+
+def solve(input: list[str]) -> int:
+    def parse(input: list[str]) -> tuple[list[int], list[int]]:
+        left, right = [], []
+        for line in input:
+            lhs, rhs = line.split()
+            left.append(int(lhs))
+            right.append(int(rhs))
+        return left, right
+
+    left, right = parse(input)
+    return sum(abs(lhs - rhs) for lhs, rhs in zip(sorted(left), sorted(right)))
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    input = sys.stdin.read().splitlines()
+    print(solve(input))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()