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176 General Mathematics<br />

WORKED<br />

Example<br />

6<br />

WORKED<br />

Example<br />

7<br />

21D<br />

Hamiltonian paths<br />

<strong>and</strong> circuits<br />

1 Determine which of the following have a:<br />

a Hamiltonian path b Hamiltonian circuit.<br />

i ii iii<br />

iv v vi<br />

2 The graph at right represents a delivery route with O being the<br />

central office. A courier must deliver items to each of the eight<br />

places labelled 1, 2, . . ., 8. The edges represent roads between<br />

1<br />

4<br />

2<br />

O<br />

3<br />

5<br />

the places. Plan a delivery route for the courier to deliver the<br />

items to each of the eight places without going to the same place<br />

6<br />

7 8<br />

twice. The courier must return to the central office after the items have been delivered.

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