?The upper right-hand corner of a piece of paper, 12 inches by 8 inches, as in the

Chapter 4, Problem 79

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The upper right-hand corner of a piece of paper, 12 inches by 8 inches, as in the figure, is folded over to the bottom edge. How would you fold the paper so as to minimize the length of the fold? In other words, how would you choose 𝑥 to minimize 𝑦?

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