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Math: minimum sum of squares

By Jack Posted on December 29, 2017 Posted in math Tagged with minimum sum of squares

Tutoring math, you encounter patterns. The tutor brings up one about sums of squares. If two whole numbers sum to a constant even one, then their minimum sum of squares will come from each being half. The reason: Let the …

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Math: a quadratic word problem

By Jack Posted on October 7, 2015 Posted in math Tagged with minimum sum of squares, quadratic minimum problem, quadratic word problem

For academic math 11 students, this is standard fare. The tutor shows a way to approach it. Consider the following problem: Two numbers sum to 20. What is the minimum sum of their squares? Solution: Of course we start with …

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Math: minimum sum of squares

Math: a quadratic word problem