Distance A company has retail outlets located at the points and (see figure). Management

Chapter 13, Problem 22

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Distance A company has retail outlets located at the points and (see figure). Management plans to build a distribution center located such that the sum of the distances from the center to the outlets is minimum. From the symmetry of the problem it is clear that the distribution center will be located on the axis, and therefore is a function of the single variable Using techniques presented in 4, find the required value of y

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