AQA D1 2013 June — Question 3

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleD1 (Decision Mathematics 1)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicMinimum Spanning Trees

3 The following network shows the lengths, in miles, of roads connecting ten villages, \(A , B , C , \ldots , J\).
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    1. Use Kruskal's algorithm, showing the order in which you select the edges, to find a minimum spanning tree for the network.
    2. Find the length of your minimum spanning tree.
    3. Draw your minimum spanning tree.
  1. Prim's algorithm from different starting points produces the same minimum spanning tree. State the final edge that would be added to complete the minimum spanning tree if the starting point were:
    1. \(A\);
    2. \(F\).