Suppose an Employee of a Power Company Needs to Read

question 9

Multiple Choice

Suppose an employee of a power company needs to read the electricity meters outside of each house along the streets in a residential area. Which technique is most likely to be useful in solving this problem?

• A) Finding an Euler circuit on a graph
• B) Applying the nearest-neighbor algorithm for the traveling salesman problem
• C) Applying Kruskal's algorithm for finding a minimum-cost spanning tree for a graph
• D) None of these techniques is likely to apply

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Definitions:

Histogram

A graphical representation of a frequency distribution that uses bars of different heights to show the number of values that fall within each class interval.

Line Chart

A type of chart that displays information as a series of data points connected by straight line segments, often used to visualize trends over time.

Illustration

A visual representation or example that helps explain or clarify something.

Frequency Distribution

A summary of data showing the number (frequency) of observations falling within specified intervals.