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IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation HL · AHL 1: Graph Theory · AHL 1.6

Weighted graphs and shortest routes Problem set B Answers

Skills

  1. \(\begin{array}{c|ccccc} & A & B & C & D & E \\ \hline A & \text{–} & 12 & \text{–} & 9 & \text{–} \\ B & 12 & \text{–} & 6 & 14 & 7 \\ C & \text{–} & 6 & \text{–} & 8 & 10 \\ D & 9 & 14 & 8 & \text{–} & \text{–} \\ E & \text{–} & 7 & 10 & \text{–} & \text{–}\end{array}\)

  2. \(\begin{array}{c|cccc} & A & B & C & D \\ \hline A & \text{–} & 9 & \text{–} & \text{–} \\ B & \text{–} & \text{–} & 5 & 3 \\ C & 12 & \text{–} & \text{–} & 8 \\ D & 6 & \text{–} & \text{–} & \text{–}\end{array}\)

    1. (a) Edges: AC (8), AE (15), BC (13), BD (6), CD (10), CE (12), DE (9)
    2. (b) Vertex C, degree 4
    1. (a) Arrows: A→D (6), B→A (4), B→C (9), C→D (5), D→B (8), C→A (3)
    2. (b) 13

In context

    1. (a) S–B–C–T
    2. (b) 15 km
    1. (a) S–B–D–T, 19 minutes
    2. (b) S–B–D–A–T, 27 minutes
  1. A–D–C–F, 86 euros

Stretch

    1. (a) A–E–C–F, 46 minutes
    2. (b) A–F, 51 minutes

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