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Retamoso, Ivan – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2022
A very common Applied Optimization Problem in Calculus deals with minimizing a distance given certain constraints, using Calculus, the general method for solving these problems is to find a function formula for the distance that we need to minimize, take the derivative of the distance function, set it equal to zero, and solve for the input value,…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Calculus, Problem Solving, Geometric Concepts