# Question 6:

## Part (i)
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|--------|-------|----------|
| Five vertices: maximum arcs $= \frac{1}{2}(5)(4) = 10$ | B1 | |
| $n$ vertices: maximum arcs $= \frac{1}{2}n(n-1)$ | B1 | |

## Part (ii)(a)
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|--------|-------|----------|
| Maximum number of passes $= 9$ (i.e. $\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)-1$ passes for $n=5$) | B1 | |
| Comparisons in pass 1: 9, pass 2: 8, pass 3: 7 | B1 | |
| Maximum total comparisons $= 9+8+\ldots+1 = 45 - \frac{1}{2}(1)(2)$... $=\frac{1}{2}(9)(10)=45$ | B1 | |

## Part (ii)(b)
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|--------|-------|----------|
| Number of arcs $= \frac{1}{2}n(n-1)$, so number of passes $= \frac{1}{2}n(n-1)-1$ | M1 | |
| Total comparisons $= \sum_{k=1}^{\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)-1} k = \frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)-1\right)\left(\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)\right) = \frac{1}{4}n(n-1)\left(\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)-1\right)$ | A1 | Using given summation formula |

## Part (iii)
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|--------|-------|----------|
| Correct completion of table showing $M1$, $M2$, $M3$, $M4$ at each stage of Kruskal's on given network | M1 A1 A1 A1 | One mark per correct stage |

## Part (iv)
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|--------|-------|----------|
| $\frac{500^4}{100^4} = 5^4 = 625$ | M1 | |
| $625 \times 30 = 18750$ seconds | A1 | |

I can see this is an OCR Decision Mathematics 1 (4736) insert paper from January 2010, but the images shown are the **question insert pages**, not the mark scheme. The pages contain:

- The candidate instruction cover sheet
- Question 1 answer spaces (Dijkstra's algorithm network)
- Question 6 answer spaces (covering bubble sort / Kruskal's algorithm)
- Two blank pages

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If you have images of the actual mark scheme document, please share those and I can extract the content you need in the format requested.

The image you've shared appears to be essentially blank (page 4) with only the OCR copyright information at the bottom. There is no mark scheme content visible on this page to extract.

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