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State Government wants to connect the state road to the national highway from a town. There are 3 possible locations in the town A,B and C to connect to the National Highway whose locations are given by coordinates (3,8)(3,8),(5,7)(5,7),(6,9)(6,9) . The National Highway connects the 2 points (2,1)(2,1),(10,7)(10,7) and You, being the contractor, have the freedom to select any one of the 3 possible locations in the town.Hint   Always select the shortest path to construct the road.Note: 1 unit = 100 meterWhat is the minimum length of road in meter required to construct to connect to the National Highway?

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State Government wants to connect the state road to the national highway from a town. There are 3 possible locations in the town A,B and C to connect to the National Highway whose locations are given by coordinates (3,8)(3,8),(5,7)(5,7),(6,9)(6,9) . The National Highway connects the 2 points (2,1)(2,1),(10,7)(10,7) and You, being the contractor, have the freedom to select any one of the 3 possible locations in the town.Hint   Always select the shortest path to construct the road.Note: 1 unit = 100 meterWhat is the minimum length of road in meter required to construct to connect to the National Highway?

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Solution

To solve this problem, we need to find the shortest distance from each of the three points (A, B, C) to the line of the National Highway. The formula to find the distance from a point to a line is given by:

d = |Ax1 + By1 + C| / sqrt(A^2 + B^2)

where (x1, y1) are the coordinates of the point and Ax + By + C = 0 is the equation of the line.

First, we need to find the equation of the line of the National Highway. The two points given are (2,1) and (10,7). We can use these to find the slope (m) and the y-intercept (b) of the line.

m = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1) = (7 - 1) / (10 - 2) = 6 / 8 = 0.75

b = y1 - mx1 = 1 - 0.752 = -0.5

So, the equation of the line is y = 0.75x - 0.5 or 0.75x - y - 0.5 = 0. This gives us A = 0.75, B = -1, and C = -0.5.

Now, we can find the distance from each point to the line:

dA = |0.75*3 - 8 - 0.5| / sqrt(0.75^2 + (-1)^2) = 5.25 / sqrt(1.5625) = 4.22 units = 422 meters

dB = |0.75*5 - 7 - 0.5| / sqrt(1.5625) = 3.25 / sqrt(1.5625) = 2.61 units = 261 meters

dC = |0.75*6 - 9 - 0.5| / sqrt(1.5625) = 4.5 / sqrt(1.5625) = 3.61 units = 361 meters

So, the shortest distance is from point B to the National Highway, which is 261 meters. Therefore, the minimum length of road required to construct to connect to the National Highway is 261 meters.

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