document.write( "Question 1031238: Six houses are located along the same road; the distances are shown. Where should the school bus stop to make the sum of distances from every house to the stop as small as possible?
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Assuming the bus can only stop once, if it stops at
\n" ); document.write( "the first house (A), then the distance to reach the stop is:
\n" ); document.write( "0 (from A) + 500 from B + (500+500 from C) + (500+500+500 from D) + (500+500+500+500 from E) + (500+500+500+500+2000 from F) = 9000
\n" ); document.write( "at (B): then (500 from A) + 0 + (500 from C) + (500+500 from D) + (500+500+500 from E) + (500+500+500+2000 from F) = 7000
\n" ); document.write( "at (C): then (500+500 from A) + (500 from B) + (0 from C) + (500 from D) + (500+500 from E) + (500+500+2000 from F) = 6000
\n" ); document.write( "at (D): then (500+500+500 from A) + (500+500 from B) + (500 from C) + (0 from D) + (500 from E) + (500+2000 from F) = 6000
\n" ); document.write( "at (E): then (500+500+500+500 from A) + (500+500+500 from B) + (500+500 from C) + (500 from D) + (0 from E) + (2000 from F) = 7000
\n" ); document.write( "at (F): then (500+500+500+500+2000 from A) + (500+500+500+2000 from B) + (500+500+2000 from C) + (500+2000 from D) + (2000 from E) + (0 from F) = 15000
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\n" ); document.write( "The best place for the bus to stop is at either C or D. \n" ); document.write( "

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