\( \definecolor{colordef}{RGB}{249,49,84} \definecolor{colorprop}{RGB}{18,102,241} \)
A politician is campaigning and needs to visit 5 towns: \(A, B, C, D, E\). The travel times (in minutes) are given in the weighted graph below. The politician wants to estimate the minimum time for a tour.
Use the Deleted Vertex Algorithm (deleting vertex \(A\)) to find a lower bound for the optimal tour.
Capture an image of your work. AI teacher feedback takes approximately 10 seconds.