How to approach this type of question in matlab?

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Mohit 2024-8-3，18:50

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A ship travels on a straight line course described by y = (2005x)/6, where distances are measured in kilometers. The ship starts when x = -20 and ends when x = 40. Calculate the distance at closest approach to a lighthouse located at the coordinate origin (0,0). Do not solve this using a plot.

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Mohit 2024-8-3，19:13

*y=200-5x/6

Sam Chak 2024-8-3，19:40

Mohit, do not express the equation using implied multiplication or implied division. Use standard computing notation for math operators when expressing an inline equation.

Because we don't know whether the path trajectory equation is

200 - 5*(x/6)

Or

(200 - 5*x)/6.

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Image Analyst 2024-8-3，18:59

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编辑：Image Analyst 2024-8-3，19:03

This looks like a homework problem. If you have any questions ask your instructor or read the link below to get started:

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Obviously, if it is homework, we can't give you the full solution because you're not allowed to turn in our code as your own.

Hints: linspace to define x, and be sure to use enough points to get good resolution, like ten thousand or so. Use sqrt to compute distance of (x,y) to (0,0) origin. Use min to find the minimum distance and index for that distance.

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Torsten 2024-8-3，19:29

@Mohit

min: x^2 + y^2 = x^2 + (200-5*x/6)^2

Do you know how to compute the vertex of this parabola ?

Image Analyst 2024-8-3，21:11

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@Mohit using your updated/corrected formula

x = linspace(-10, 30, 20000);
y = 200 - 5 * x / 6;
D = sqrt(x.^2 + y.^2);
min_dist = min(D)
min_dist = 177.5528

or maybe

x = linspace(-10, 30, 20000);

y = (200 - 5 * x) / 6;

D = sqrt(x.^2 + y.^2);

[min_dist, indexOfClosest] = min(D)

min_dist = 25.6074

indexOfClosest = 13197

plot(x, y, 'b-', 'LineWidth', 2)

grid on;

line([0, x(indexOfClosest)], [0, y(indexOfClosest)], 'Color', 'r', 'LineWidth', 2)

axis equal

Still not exactly sure what the formula is. Please use parentheses to make it unambiguous.

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Sam Chak 2024-8-3，19:58

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Hi @Mohit

The distance of the ship at the closest approach to a lighthouse should be the perpendicular distance from the lighthouse (0, 0) to the straight line trajectory of the ship.