Show that the sum of the squares of the distances from a point P = (c, d)

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Show that the sum of the squares of the distances from a point P = (c, d) to n fixed points (a1, b1), . . . ,(an, bn) is minimized when c is the average of the x-coordinates ai and d is the average of the y-coordinates bi.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781319055844

4th Edition

Authors: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa

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