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1) (a) Show that the shortest path between two given points in a plane is a straight line, using plane olar coordinates (b) Let the path between two points lie in a 3-D space, and let the coordinates be parameterized by a time t, so that x-x(t). У-y (t), and z-z(t). Write the integral to be minimized and the Euler-Lagrange equations. [Hint: It may help, but its not necessary, to write all of the equations in vector form]. Find the extremal solution, and the resulting distance using this formulation.

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