#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;


typedef struct
{
    int weight;    // 权值 
    int parent, lChild, rChild;    //父母节点，左孩子，右孩子 
}HTNode, *HuffmanTree;


// 选择权值最小的两颗树 
void SelectMin(HuffmanTree hT, int n, int &s1, int &s2)
{
    s1=s2=0;

    int i;
    for(i=1;i<n;++i)
	{
        if(hT[i].parent==0)
		{
            if(s1==0)
              s1=i;
            else
			{
              s2=i;
              break;
            }
        }
    }
    if(hT[s2].weight<hT[s1].weight)
	{
        int t;
		t=s1;
        s1=s2;
        s2=t;
    }

    for(i+=1;i<n;++i)
	{
        if(0==hT[i].parent)
		{
            if(hT[i].weight<hT[s1].weight)
			{
              s2=s1;
              s1=i;
            }
			else if(hT[i].weight<hT[s2].weight)
              s2=i;
        }
    }
}

// 构造有n个权值的哈夫曼树 
void CreateHufmanTree(HuffmanTree &hT)
{
    int n,m,i;
    cin >>n;
    m=2*n-1;

    hT=new HTNode[m+1];   
    for(i=1;i<=m;++i)
      hT[i].parent=hT[i].lChild=hT[i].rChild=0;
    for(i=1;i<=n;++i)
      cin>>hT[i].weight; // 输入权值 
    hT[0].weight=m;    // 用0号节点保存节点数量 

    for(i=n+1;i<=m;++i)
	{
        int s1,s2;
        SelectMin(hT,i,s1,s2);
        hT[s1].parent=hT[s2].parent=i;
        hT[i].lChild=s1; hT[i].rChild=s2;    // 作为新节点的孩子 
        hT[i].weight=hT[s1].weight+hT[s2].weight;    // 新节点为左右孩子节点权值之和 
    }
}

int HuffmanTreeWPL_(HuffmanTree hT, int i, int deepth)
{
    if(hT[i].lChild==0&&hT[i].rChild==0)
        return 
		  hT[i].weight*deepth;
    else
        return 
		  HuffmanTreeWPL_(hT,hT[i].lChild, deepth+1) + HuffmanTreeWPL_(hT,hT[i].rChild,deepth+1);
}

// 计算WPL（带权路径长度） 
int HuffmanTreeWPL(HuffmanTree hT)
{
    return HuffmanTreeWPL_(hT,hT[0].weight,0);
}

// 销毁哈夫曼树 
void DestoryHuffmanTree(HuffmanTree &hT)
{
    delete[] hT;
    hT=NULL;
}

int main()
{
    HuffmanTree hT;
    CreateHufmanTree(hT);
    cout<<HuffmanTreeWPL(hT)<<endl;
    DestoryHuffmanTree(hT);
    return 0;
}