Chapter 4: Q5P (page 222)
Find the point on for which is a minimum.
Short Answer
The points of the equations are .
Chapter 4: Q5P (page 222)
Find the point on for which is a minimum.
The points of the equations are .
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(a). Given the point in the plane and the line , find the distance from the point to the line by using the method of Chapter 3, Section 5.
(b). Solve part (a) by writing a formula for the distance from to and minimizing the distance (use Lagrange multipliers).
(c). Derive the formula
For the distance from to by the methods suggested in parts (a) and (b).
If we are given and , show that the chain rule (5.1) gives
Estimate the change in
if x changes from 0.7 to 0.71.
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