SOLUTION: Find the smallest possible value sqrt(x^2 + y^2) + sqrt((x-1)^2+y^2)) + sqrt x^2+(y-1)^2 + sqrt(x-3)^2+(y-4)^2 can have.
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Question 1182659: Find the smallest possible value sqrt(x^2 + y^2) + sqrt((x-1)^2+y^2)) + sqrt x^2+(y-1)^2 + sqrt(x-3)^2+(y-4)^2 can have.
Answer by ikleyn(52931) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This problem was solved several years ago in the lesson
- The point which minimizes the sum of distances to vertices of a given quadrilateral
in this site.
So you can read the solution from that lesson.
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