CAT 2017 Slot 1 QA Question & Solution
GeometryMedium
Question
The shortest distance of the point $(\frac{1}{2},1)$ from the curve y = I x -1I + I x + 1I is
Options
1
0
$\sqrt{2}$
$\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}}$
Solution
The graph of the given function is as shown below.
We can see that the shortest distance of the point (1/2, 1) will be 1 unit.