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The numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, and 13 are placed on a number line. For any integer x, its "remoteness" is the sum of the squares of its distance to each of the five numbers. For example, the remoteness of 10 is 8² + 7² + 5² + 3² + 3² = 156. What integer has the smallest remoteness?

2006-12-03 23:19:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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I would say 7. When you square the distances the square grow more quickly than the difference of number. So you must have number which is not to far from all the others

2006-12-03 23:41:00 · answer #1 · answered by maussy 7 · 0 0

If you would have done your homework last night instead of this morning you'd already be done.

2006-12-03 23:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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