Three Circles and a Minimum

Problem

Real numbers $x, y, t$ satisfy

x^2 + y^2 = 1, \qquad (x-t)^2 + y^2 = 5.

Find the minimum value of $x^2 + (y - 2t)^2$ .

Answer

Solution

Difficulty	7/10
Topics	algebra, inequality

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