Several communities in eastern Pennsylvania wish to establish a commuter rail train system between the cities shown

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Several communities in eastern Pennsylvania wish to establish a commuter rail train system between the cities shown in the map below (distances are in miles).

Allentown 44 82 59 57 Harrisburg Reading 60 33 37 25 72 25 Lancaster 96 Philadelphia York

(a) Use Kruskal’s algorithm to determine the minimum-cost spanning tree that would link the cities using the shortest distance. 

(b) If it costs $7100 per mile of railroad track, how much does the commuter rail system determined in part (a) cost?

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A Survey of Mathematics with Applications

ISBN: 978-0134112107

10th edition

Authors: Allen R. Angel, Christine D. Abbott, Dennis Runde

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