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Let be the position vector of a point in the Cartesian plane such that , and . A tangent line is drawn to the curve at the point with abscissa 2. The tangent cuts the -axis at . The value of is

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With gives , that is , a circle with centre and radius is the distance of the point from , so the minimum distance is and .

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