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Minimum Distance Sketch the graph of
on the interval
(a) Find the distance from the origin to the y-intercept and the distance from the origin to the x-intercept.
(b) Write the distance d from the origin to a point on the graph of f as a function of x.
(c) Use calculus to find the value of x that minimizes the function d on the interval
(Submitted by Tim Chapell, Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, MO)
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