2 - Minimum Cost Spanning Trees
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Practice Questions
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What is a spanning tree?
💡 Hint: Think about the properties of trees.
What does MCST stand for?
💡 Hint: Consider what the objective of the spanning tree is.
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What does Minimum Cost Spanning Tree (MCST) refer to?
💡 Hint: Think about the objective of spanning trees.
True or False: Prim's Algorithm starts from the smallest weight edge and builds the tree incrementally.
💡 Hint: Consider the methodology used by each algorithm.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a graph with specified vertices and weighted edges, calculate both Prim's and Kruskal's Minimum Cost Spanning Trees and compare the results.
💡 Hint: Focus on the ways each algorithm approaches edge selection.
Create a graph that contains several cycles and explain how Prim's and Kruskal's algorithms would handle it during the construction of the MCST.
💡 Hint: Consider the properties of cycles in the context of spanning trees.
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