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(52925) About Me  (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.