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An undirected graph has 8 vertices labelled 1, 2, …,8 and 31 edges. Vertices 1, 3, 5, 7 have degree 8 and vertices 2, 4, 6, 8 have degree 7. What is the degree of vertex 8?(a) 15(b) 8(c) 5(d) 23This question was addressed to me in unit test.My question is taken from Graphs topic in portion Graphs of Discrete Mathematics

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Correct choice is (B) 8

To explain: Vertices 1, 3, 5, 7 have DEGREE 8 and vertices 2, 4, 6, 8 have degree 7. By definition, sum of degree= 2 * No of edges

Let x = degree of vertex 8

8 + 7 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 7 + 8 + x =2 * 31

53 + x = 61

x = 8

Hence, degree of vertex 8 is 8.



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