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Quiz for October 22, 2001

1) (5 points) Find a tour from the following system using the Cheapest Link Algorithm. Also, compute the total distance traveled.

                       |     1     2     3     4     5  |     6 
-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------
 1 Tulsa OK            |          222   218   357   257 |    214
 2 Dallas TX           |    222         440   541   375 |    282
 3 Kansas City KS      |    218   440         237   308 |    322
 4 Saint Louis MO      |    357   541   237         536 |    297
 5 Dodge City KS       |    257   375   308   536       |    471
-----------------------+--------------------------------+-------
 6 Little Rock AR      |    214   282   322   297   471 |       

2) (5 points) If you were to solve #1 with the brute force method how many circuits would you need to compute.

3) (5 points) Draw a graph with an Euler Circuit, but no Hamilton Circuit, and then draw a graph with a Hamilton Circuit, but no Euler Circuit.