Edexcel FD1 AS 2022 June — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFD1 AS (Further Decision 1 AS)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicRoute Inspection

3. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{c8134d3b-71cb-4b92-ac54-81a4ff8f3011-05_702_1479_201_293} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} [The total weight of the network is 120]
  1. Explain what is meant by the term "path".
  2. State, with a reason, whether the network in Figure 2 is Eulerian, semi-Eulerian or neither. Figure 2 represents a network of cycle tracks between eight villages, \(\mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B } , \mathrm { C } , \mathrm { D } , \mathrm { E } , \mathrm { F } , \mathrm { G }\) and H . The number on each arc represents the length, in km , of the corresponding track. Samira lives in village A, and wishes to visit her friend, Daisy, who lives in village H.
  3. Use Dijkstra's algorithm to find the shortest path that Samira can take. An extra cycle track of length 9 km is to be added to the network. It will either go directly between C and D or directly between E and G . Daisy plans to cycle along every track in the new network, starting and finishing at H .
    Given that the addition of either track CD or track EG will not affect the final values obtained in (c),
  4. use a suitable algorithm to find out which of the two possible extra tracks will give Daisy the shortest route, making your method and working clear. You must
    • state which tracks Daisy will repeat in her route
    • state the total length of her route