5. Let G=(V, E) be a graph with n > 3 vertices. (a) Define a relation on V by "ry if and only if there is a walk between r and y". Prove that is an equivalence relation on V.

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5. Let G = (V, E) be a graph with n > 3 vertices.
(a) Define a relation on V by "ry if and only if there is a walk between x and y".
Prove that is an equivalence relation on V.
(b) Give an example of a graph G with 2 connected components.
(c) Suppose that dege(x) + degc(y) > n + 4 for all non-adjacent vertices x, y € V. Show
that G has two Hamilton cycles that have no edge in common.
(d) Using Kruskal's Greedy Algorithm, find a minimum weight spanning tree of the edge
weighted graph below.
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Transcribed Image Text:5. Let G = (V, E) be a graph with n > 3 vertices. (a) Define a relation on V by "ry if and only if there is a walk between x and y". Prove that is an equivalence relation on V. (b) Give an example of a graph G with 2 connected components. (c) Suppose that dege(x) + degc(y) > n + 4 for all non-adjacent vertices x, y € V. Show that G has two Hamilton cycles that have no edge in common. (d) Using Kruskal's Greedy Algorithm, find a minimum weight spanning tree of the edge weighted graph below. I 7 3 1 Y W 1 100 1 3 2 N U 2 15
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