#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int N = 5010;
struct node {
int a, b, w;
} no[N];
int n, m;
int p[N];
int find(int x) {
if (p[x] != x) p[x] = find(p[x]);
return p[x];
}
bool cmp(node x, node y) {
return x.w < y.w;
}
int main() {
while (cin >> n) {
if (n == 0) return 0;
m = n * (n - 1) / 2;
for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++) p[i] = i;
for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) cin >> no[i].a >> no[i].b >> no[i].w;
sort(no + 1, no + 1 + m, cmp);
int res = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
int a = find(no[i].a), b = find(no[i].b);
if (a != b) {
p[a] = b;
res += no[i].w;
}
}
cout << res << endl;
memset(no, 0, sizeof no);
res = 0;
}
return 0;
}