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Nookie1986 [14]
3 years ago
6

Find the point P on the graph of the function y=√x closest to the point (9,0)

Mathematics
1 answer:
Sphinxa [80]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

\displaystyle \frac{17}{2}.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the x-coordinate of P be t. For P\! to be on the graph of the function y = \sqrt{x}, the y-coordinate of \! P would need to be \sqrt{t}. Therefore, the coordinate of P \! would be \left(t,\, \sqrt{t}\right).

The Euclidean Distance between \left(t,\, \sqrt{t}\right) and (9,\, 0) is:

\begin{aligned} & d\left(\left(t,\, \sqrt{t}\right),\, (9,\, 0)\right) \\ &= \sqrt{(t - 9)^2 +\left(\sqrt{t}\right)^{2}} \\ &= \sqrt{t^2 - 18\, t + 81 + t} \\ &= \sqrt{t^2 - 17 \, t + 81}\end{aligned}.

The goal is to find the a t that minimizes this distance. However, \sqrt{t^2 - 17 \, t + 81} is non-negative for all real t\!. Hence, the \! t that minimizes the square of this expression, \left(t^2 - 17 \, t + 81\right), would also minimize \sqrt{t^2 - 17 \, t + 81}\!.

Differentiate \left(t^2 - 17 \, t + 81\right) with respect to t:

\displaystyle \frac{d}{dt}\left[t^2 - 17 \, t + 81\right] = 2\, t - 17.

\displaystyle \frac{d^{2}}{dt^{2}}\left[t^2 - 17 \, t + 81\right] = 2.

Set the first derivative, (2\, t - 17), to 0 and solve for t:

2\, t - 17 = 0.

\displaystyle t = \frac{17}{2}.

Notice that the second derivative is greater than 0 for this t. Hence, \displaystyle t = \frac{17}{2} would indeed minimize \left(t^2 - 17 \, t + 81\right). This t\! value would also minimize \sqrt{t^2 - 17 \, t + 81}\!, the distance between P \left(t,\, \sqrt{t}\right) and (9,\, 0).

Therefore, the point P would be closest to (9,\, 0) when the x-coordinate of P\! is \displaystyle \frac{17}{2}.

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