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Determine and certify maximum flow

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A directed network represents a component-handling network. The source is R and the sink is K. Each edge label is its capacity in items/h. The network transfers components each hour; intermediate vertices pass on all incoming flow

Use inspection to allocate a feasible flow before checking its upper bound

Directed capacity network. Source R; sink K. Full edge list: R→F capacity 70 items/h; F→K capacity 80 items/h; R→F1 capacity 90 items/h; F1→K capacity 100 items/h; R→M capacity 20 items/h; M→K capacity 30 items/h.7080901002030RKFF1M

The table specifies one particular feasible-flow certificate, not every possible feasible flow. Keep each displayed flow fixed and determine only the question-mark entries using conservation. Flow and capacity use the same units shown above. The diagram labels are capacities, not assigned flows

Partially specified feasible-flow certificate. A question mark is an unknown, not zero
Directed edgeCapacityAssigned flow
R→F70?
F→K8070
R→F19090
F1→K10090
R→M20?
M→K3020
(a)2 marks

Complete the missing edge flows in the feasible-flow certificate

(b)1 mark

Determine the maximum possible flow from R to K