An Auxiliary Electric Power Station Will Serve Three Communities, A

question 118

Multiple Choice

An auxiliary electric power station will serve three communities, A, B, and C, whose relative locations are shown in the accompanying figure.Determine where the power station should be located if the sum of the squares of the distances from each community to the site is minimized.Please round the answer to the nearest hundredth.

• A)(0.33, 1.33)
• B)(0.83, 1.73)
• C)(0.93, 2.53)
• D)(0.83, 1.33)
• E)(0.33, 1.73)

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