Given a graph G = (V, E), let us call G an almost-tree if G is connected and G contains at most n + 12 edges, where n = |V |. Each edge of G has an associated cost, and we may assume that all edge...

Given a graph G = (V, E), let us call G an almost-tree if G is connected and G contains at most n + 12 edges, where n = |V |. Each edge of G has an associated cost, and we may assume that all edge costs are distinct. Describe an algorithm that takes as input an almost-tree G and returns a minimum spanning tree of G. Your algorithm should run in O(n) time.