The graph of a function f(x) is shown below:
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Answer:
0.5
Step-by-step explanation:
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The distance formula can be used to find the distance from the point on the curve (x, f(x)) to the origin:
d^2 = (x)^2 + (f(x))^2 = x^2 + (4 -x)
Written in vertex form, this is ...
d^2 = (x -1/2) + 3.75
This has a minimum at x=1/2, so that is the x-coordinate of the point closest to the origin.
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On a keyboard you would type sqrt(41)
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A slight alternative is to plot the point M(2,-5) to form right triangle LMN. The 90 degree angle is at point M.
The legs are of length LM = 4 and MN = 5, which are found by subtracting the x coordinates together and the y coordinates together (or you can count the spaces). From there, use the Pythagorean theorem to get the hypotenuse LN.
The distance formula is an altered version of the Pythagorean theorem.