CAT 2017 Slot 1QA 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).

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