#C6976. Minimum Cost to Connect Cities
Minimum Cost to Connect Cities
Minimum Cost to Connect Cities
You are given a network of n cities and m potential roads. Each road connects two cities and has an associated length (cost). Your task is to determine the minimum total cost to connect all the cities using exactly n - 1 roads, i.e. constructing a Minimum Spanning Tree (MST). If it is impossible to connect all cities, output -1
.
Note: If there is only one city and no road is given, the connection cost is 0
. However, if any road is provided for a single city, output -1
as it is considered invalid.
The formula for the number of roads required is given by: $$m \geq n - 1$$.
inputFormat
The first line contains two integers n
and m
separated by a space, where n
is the number of cities and m
is the number of potential roads.
Each of the following m
lines contains three integers u
, v
, and w
, which represent a road between city u
and city v
with cost w
.
outputFormat
Output a single integer which is the minimum total cost required to connect all cities using exactly n - 1
roads, or -1
if it is impossible.
4 5
1 2 1
2 3 2
3 4 3
1 3 2
1 4 3
6