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IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation HL · AHL 1: Graph Theory · AHL 1.1
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Graphs and their vocabulary Problem set A
Show the counts that lead to each answer. Use the vocabulary of the lesson: vertex, edge, degree, simple, connected, complete, tree.
Difficulty: first skills applying them stretch
Skills
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Graph G is shown.
- (a) Is it simple?
- (b) Is it connected?
- (c) Is it complete?
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Graph G is shown.
- (a) Write down the degree of each vertex.
- (b) Find the sum of the degrees and the number of edges. What do you notice?
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Graph T is shown.
- (a) How many vertices and edges does it have?
- (b) Is it a tree? Give a reason.
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Think about the complete graph K7 on 7 vertices.
- (a) Write down the degree of each vertex.
- (b) Find the number of edges.
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Graph G is shown. Vertex D and every edge at D are deleted to give a subgraph H.
- (a) How many vertices and edges does H have?
- (b) Is H connected?
- (c) Is H a tree?
In context
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A park has two islands, P and Q, in a river. The banks are N and E. The graph shows the footbridges: each area of land is a vertex and each bridge is an edge.
- (a) Write down the degree of each vertex.
- (b) Is there a walk that crosses every bridge exactly once? If there is, write one down. If not, say why.
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The graph shows cycle paths between six villages. The number on each edge is the length of the path in km.
- (a) How many vertices and how many edges does the graph have?
- (b) Which vertex has the greatest degree, and what is that degree?
- (c) Find the sum of all the weights.
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Six computers in a school lab are joined by cables, as shown.
- (a) Is the original network connected?
- (b) The cable AB is cut, leaving a subgraph H. Is H connected?
- (c) Is H a tree?
Stretch
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A graph has 5 vertices with degrees 4, 4, 4, 1, 1.
- (a) How many edges does it have?
- (b) Explain why it cannot be a simple graph.
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A complete graph has 45 edges. Let n be its number of vertices.
- (a) Show that \(n^2-n-90=0\).
- (b) Use your calculator to find n.
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