AQA Further AS Paper 2 Discrete 2024 June — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleFurther AS Paper 2 Discrete (Further AS Paper 2 Discrete)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicPermutations & Arrangements
TypeAssignment/allocation matching problems

5 A network of roads connects the villages \(A , B , C , D , E , F\) and \(G\) The weight on each arc in the network represents the distance, in miles, between adjacent villages. The network is shown in the diagram below.
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  1. Draw, in the space below, the spanning tree of minimum total length for this road network. 5
  2. Find the total length of the spanning tree drawn in part (a). A Young Enterprise Company decides to sell two types of cakes at a breakfast club. The two types of cakes are blueberry and chocolate. From its initial market research, the company knows that it will:
    • sell at most 200 cakes in total
    • sell at least twice as many blueberry cakes as they will chocolate cakes
    • make 20 p profit on each blueberry cake they sell
    • make 15p profit on each chocolate cake they sell.
    The company's objective is to maximise its profit. Formulate the Young Enterprise Company's situation as a linear programming problem.