A milkman wants to park his bike at some point Q and deliver the milk to two different houses A and B. Where should he park the bike so that his walking distance AQ + BQ will be minimum? [4 MARKS]

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Here, we can use reflection symmetry in order to find the minimum distance. Let's take the mirror image of house A as A'. So, for minimum distance Q must lie in centre e.g. Q must be the line of symmetry for a mirror image of house A and house B and height of A' and A are equal. So, the milkman should park his bike at the centre point of the distance between houses A and B.

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