SOLUTION: Let P=(x,y)be a point on the graph of y=x2-4, use a graphing utility to graph d=d(x) in order to answer the following question. For what positive value of x is d smallest?

SOLUTION: Let P=(x,y)be a point on the graph of y=x2-4, use a graphing utility to graph d=d(x) in order to answer the following question. For what positive value of x is d smallest?

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Question 317727: Let P=(x,y)be a point on the graph of y=x2-4, use a graphing utility to graph d=d(x) in order to answer the following question.
For what positive value of x is d smallest?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You can see from the graph that d is a minimum at x = 0
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