CAT 2017 Slot 1 — QA Question 30
Domain & RangeEasy
The shortest distance of the point (1/2,1) from the curve y = |x - 1| + |x + 1| is
Answer & solution
1
- B
0
- C
√2
- D
√32
Solution

The graph of y = |x – 1| + |x + 1| is shown above.
The shortest distance of (1/2, 1) from the graph is 1.
Hence, option (a).