a.) Find the shortest distance from the point (0,1,2) to any point on the plane x -...

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Find the shortest distance from the point (0,1,2) to any pointon the plane x - 2y +z = 2 by finding the function to optimize,finding its critical points and test for extreme values using thesecond derivative test.

b.)

Write the point on the plane whose distance to the point (0,1,2)is the shortest distance found in part a) above. All the worknecessary to identify this point would be in part a). You just needto write the coordinates of the point here.

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ageneral point on the plane x2yz2 is xyzdistance from the point 012 to any point on the plane x 2yz    See Answer
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