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algebra intermediate
Problem
Wanda is trying to locate the Fermat point of , where is at the origin, is at , and is at (the Fermat point is the point such that the sum of its distances from the vertices of a triangle is minimized). She guesses that the point is at , and computes the sum of the distances from to the vertices of . If she obtains , where and are integers, what is ?

Solution
By the distance formula, Hence, , and .
Final answer
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