Two towns and are apart. A school is to be built to serve students in town and students in town . If the total distance to be travelled by all students is to be as small as possible, then the school should be built at
town
Explanation for the correct option:
Minimum distance :
Let the school be built at from town .
Hence, the school will be at from town .
Total distance travelled by students of town
Total distance travelled by students of town
Total distance travelled by students
This distance will be minimum for
Thus the school should be built in town .
Hence option(C) is the correct answer.