Consider the parabola y = 1.5 (x- 3 )2 + 1 and the Ypoint P(3, 5.5) .(a) Create a

Chapter 8, Problem 17

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Consider the parabola y = 1.5 (x- 3 )2 + 1 and the Ypoint P(3, 5.5) .(a) Create a polynomial expression for the distance 6d from point P to an arbitrary point Q on theparabola.(b) Make a plot of d versus x for 3 x 6 .4(c) Determine the coordinates of Q if d = 28 .(d) Determine the coordinates of Q that correspond 2to the smallest d, and calculate the correspondingvalue of d.

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