Bechtold Construction is in the process of installing power lines to a large housing development. Steve Bechtold wants to minimize the total length of wire used, which will minimize his costs. The housing development is shown as a network in Figure.
Each house has been numbered, and the distances between houses are given in hundreds of feet. What do you recommend?

Transcribed Image Text:

5 4 3 5 7 9 3 6 4 6 7 5 6 2 3 5 2