//#pragma GCC optimize(2)
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <cctype>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <ctime>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <list>
#include <iomanip>
#include <numeric>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
const int MAXN = 1e6 + 10;
int father[MAXN];
struct node
{
int from, to, val;
}edge[MAXN];
bool cmp(node a, node b)
{
return a.val < b.val;
}
int findfather(int x)
{
if(father[x] == x)
return x;
return father[x] = findfather(father[x]);
}
bool checkin(int x, int y)
{
int p = findfather(x), q = findfather(y);
if(p != q)
return true;
return false;
}
void join(int x, int y)
{
int p = findfather(x), q = findfather(y);
if(p != q)
father[p] = q;
}
int main()
{
//ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
//cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
int N, x, y, z;
while(cin>>N && N)
{
for(int i = 0; i < N + 100; i++)
father[i] = i;
N = N * (N - 1) / 2;
for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
{
scanf("%d%d%d", &edge[i].from, &edge[i].to, &edge[i].val);
}
sort(edge, edge + N, cmp);
int sumedge = 0, sumlen = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
{
if(checkin(edge[i].from, edge[i].to))
{
join(edge[i].from, edge[i].to);
sumedge++;
sumlen += edge[i].val;
}
if(sumedge == N - 1)
break;
}
cout<<sumlen<<endl;
}
return 0;
}