a. What point on the line y = 3x + 4 is closest to the origin? b.
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a. What point on the line y = 3x + 4 is closest to the origin?
b. What point on the parabola y = 1 - x2 is closest to the point (1, 1)?
c. Find the point on the graph of y = √x that is nearest the point (p, 0) if
(i) p > 1/2
(ii) 0 < p < 1/2.
Express the answer in terms of p.
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Calculus Early Transcendentals
ISBN: 978-0321947345
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Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett
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