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College Algebra & Trigonometry, 2018a

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4.9. OPTIMIZATION 239<br />

y = x 2 − 4 ≈ 2.546 2 − 4 ≈ 6.482 − 4 ≈ 2.482<br />

So the answer for Part 2 is that (2.546, 2.482) is closest point on the curve y = x 2 −4<br />

to the point (5, 2).<br />

3) We already determined the distance when we found the minimum point on<br />

the distance graph. The distance is about 2.501 units.

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