A Local Telecommunications Company Is Planning on Placing Fiber-Optic Cables

Short Answer

A local telecommunications company is planning on placing fiber-optic cables along existing roads to network together several towns in a remote area of upstate Vermont. The table below gives the distance in kilometers between each of the towns via these roads. If it costs the company $800 per kilometer to lay down the cable, then find the cost of the cheapest network connecting all of the towns.