IB skill practice

Calculate Chinese postman repeat distance

Add the shortest required repeat distance to the total edge length.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 3

Calculate Chinese postman repeat distance - depth scenario

A water-grid model has total edge length 92 and shortest repeat pairing length 13. Find the Chinese postman route length. Enter the requested value and choose the interpretation that matches the result.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.