Find the point P on the curve y = x 2 that is closet to the point

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Find the point P on the curve y = x2 that is closet to the point (18, 0). What is the least distance between P and (18, 0)?

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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