Announcement: Optimization, Class Example 4

No Author
2016-09-10T10:32:05-06:00

All,

Just reviewed my notes and this example should have stated: "Find the minimum vertical distance between the points on the graph of ..." This is a good example of one word being omitted and it completely changes our interpretation of the question. Without the word 'vertical' this becomes a Calculus II question, requiring partial derivatives. I should have recognized it as such, my apologies.

Best,

Mr. Weston