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Paper 2 – Travelling Salesman Problems
Example
Consider the following weighted graph :
( a ) Write down
( i ) the degree of B ;
( ii )
the vertices of odd degree .
( b )
State the edge of the smallest weight .
( c )
Is Eulerian circuit exists in the above graph ? Explain your answer .
The following table shows the least weight of a path connecting any two vertices .
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A B C D E F A - 90 200 270 p 105 B 90 - 120 190 100 q
C 200 120 - 115 150 225
D 270 190 115 - 90 165 E p 100 150 90 - 75 F 105 q 225 165 75 -
( d ) Write down the value of
( i ) p ;
( ii ) q . [ 2 ]
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