OCR Further Discrete 2018 March — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Discrete (Further Discrete)
Year2018
SessionMarch
TopicTravelling Salesman

5 The diagram represents a map of seven locations (A to G) and the direct road distances (km) between some of them.
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{9fe422a0-c498-4ad5-bdfc-f70482960d39-4_382_771_356_644} A delivery driver needs to start from his depot at D , make deliveries at each of \(\mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B } , \mathrm { F }\) and G , and finish at D .
  1. Write down a route from A to G of length 70 km . The table shows the length of the shortest path between some pairs of places.
    DABFG
    D-
    A-70
    B-84
    F84-
    G70-
  2. (a) Complete the table.
    (b) Use the nearest neighbour method on the table, starting at D , to find the length of a cycle through \(\mathrm { D } , \mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B } , \mathrm { F }\) and G , ignoring possibly repeating E and C .
  3. By first considering the table with the row and column for D removed, find a lower bound for the distance that the driver must travel.
  4. What can you conclude from your previous answers about the distance that the driver must travel? A new road is constructed between D and F . Using this road the driver starts from D , makes the deliveries and returns to D having travelled just 172 km .
  5. Find the length of the new road if
    (a) the driver does not return to D until all the deliveries have been made,
    (b) the driver uses the new road twice in making the deliveries.