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Finding the Minimum Distance – an Optimization ProblemFinding the Minimum Distance – an Optimization Problem

Every Algebra student knows the distance formula; that is, how to calculate the distance between two points on the Cartesian coordinate plane: \(\boldsymbol{d = \sqrt{\left(x_{2} – x_{1}\right)^{2} + \left(y_{2} – y_{1}\right)^{2}}}\). This week’s blogpost is about finding the distance between a specific point and the closest point(s) in a function. ...