For a Network Consisting of N Nodes, a Minimal Spanning

question 11

Multiple Choice

For a network consisting of N nodes, a minimal spanning tree will consist of:

• A)N -2 arcs.
• B)N -1 arcs.
• C)N arcs.
• D)N + 1 arcs.

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values in a population.

Sampling Distribution

The statistical distribution that represents the probability of various outcomes, originating from a vast number of samples from a targeted population.

Standard Deviation

The square root of the variance showing how much individual data points differ from the mean.

Central Limit Theorem

A statistical principle stating that the sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches a normal distribution as the sample size increases, regardless of the population's distribution.