Suppose You Have a Graph G with Vertices V₁, V₂ $v _ { 5 } \text { to } v _ { 3 }$

question 21

Essay

Suppose you have a graph G with vertices v₁, v₂, . . . , v₁₇. Explain how you would use the adjacency matrix A to find
(a) The number of paths from $v _ { 5 } \text { to } v _ { 3 }$ of length 12.
(b) The length of a shortest path from $v _ { 5 } \text { to } v _ { 3 }$ .

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