What point on the plane x + y + 4z = 8 is closest to the origin?

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What point on the plane x + y + 4z = 8 is closest to the origin? Give an argument showing you have found an absolute minimum of the distance function.

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Calculus For Scientists And Engineers Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9780321849212

1st Edition

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

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