Direction: A significant amount of traffic flows from point S to point T in the one-way street network shown below.
Points A, B, C and D are junctions in the network, and the arrows mark the direction of traffic flow.
The fuel cost in rupees for travelling along a street is indicated by the number adjacent to the arrow representing the street.
Motorists travelling from point S to point T would obviously take the route for which the total cost of travelling is the minimum.
If two or more routes have the same least travel cost, then motorists are indifferent between them.
Hence, the traffic gets evenly distributed among all the least cost routes The government can control the flow of traffic only by levying appropriate toll at each junction.
For example, if a motorist takes the route S - A - T (using junction A alone), then the total cost of travel would be Rs 14 (i.e. Rs 9 + Rs 5) plus the toll charged at junction A.
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If the government wants to ensure that all routes from S to T get the same amount of traffic, then a feasible set of toll charged (in rupees) at junctions A, B, C and D respectively to achieve this goal is :
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- 0, 5, 2, 2
- 0, 5, 4, 1
- 1, 5, 3, 3
- 1, 5, 3, 2
- 1, 5, 4, 2
Correct Option: D
As per the given diagram , we can see that
Let the toll charged at junctions A, B, C and D be a, b, c and d respectively.
Then 1st we will list down all the routes and corresponding cost of travel.
Here in this case all 5 routes have the same toll charge hence 14 + a = 7 + b + c = 13 + d = 9 + a + b = 10 + c + d
After solving we will get a = 1, b = 5, c = 3 and d = 2
