GATE DA 2024 Set 1 — Question 42

MCQ+2 / -0.67MediumSingle & Multiple LinkageClusteringMachine Learning

Machine Learning → Clustering → Single & Multiple Linkage

Last updated 5 September 2026

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(i, j)^{th}

	$x_1$	$x_2$	$x_3$	$x_4$	$x_5$
$x_1$	0	1	4	3	6
$x_2$	1	0	3	5	3
$x_3$	4	3	0	2	5
$x_4$	3	5	2	0	1
$x_5$	6	3	5	1	0

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