TMUA 2018 Paper 1 Q16 — Worked Solution

P1·Differentiation, Algebra & Surds·6.0Official · 2018 · Q16

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The curve

C

has equation

y = x^{2} + b x + 2

, where

b \geq 0

. Find the value of

b

that minimises the distance between the origin and the stationary point of the curve

C

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