Let ?(?)=12?2f(x)=12x2.
(a) If we wish to find the point ?=(?0,?0)Q=(x0,y0) on the graph
of ?(?)f(x) that is closest to the point ?=(4,1)P=(4,1), what is
the objective function? (Hint: optimize the square of the distance
from ?P to ?Q.)
Objective
function: ?(?)=O(x)=____________________________
(b) Find the point ?=(?0,?0)Q=(x0,y0) as described in part (a).
Box your final answer.
(c) Verify that the line connecting ?P to ?Q is perpendicular to
the line tangent to ?(?)f(x) at ?Q. Hint: recall that the lines
?=?1?+?1y=m1x+b1...