#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#define INF 100000000
int map[101][101];
int dis[101];
int vis[101];
int n;
long long ans = 0;
void prim()
{
int i,j;
int min,pos;
memset(vis,0,sizeof(vis));
memset(dis,INF,sizeof(INF));
vis[1] = 1;
dis[1] = 0;
for(i = 1;i<=n;i++)
{
dis[i] = map[1][i];
}
min = INF;
for(i = 1;i<=n-1;i++)
{
min = INF;
for(j = 1;j<=n;j++)
{
if(!vis[j] && dis[j]<min)
{
pos = j;
min = dis[j];
}
}
vis[pos] = 1;
ans = ans + min;
for(j = 1;j<=n;j++)
{
if(!vis[j] && dis[j]>map[pos][j])
dis[j] = map[pos][j];
}
}
}
int main()
{
int i,j;
int u,v,w;
while(scanf("%d",&n),n)
{
for(i = 1;i<=n;i++)
{
for(j = 1;j<=n;j++)
{
if(i == j)
map[i][j] = 0;
else
map[i][j] = INF;
}
}
for(i = 1;i<=(n*(n-1))/2;i++)
{
scanf("%d%d%d",&u,&v,&w);
{
if(map[u][v]>w)
{
map[u][v] = map[v][u] = w;
}
}
}
prim();
printf("%lld\n",ans);
ans = 0;
}
}