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Let `f(x)=|x-x_1|+ |x-x_2|` where `x_1 " and " x_2` are disinct real numbers of points at which f(x) is mimum is

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More than 3

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1

C

2

D

3

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The graph of f(x) is shown in Fig 1. It is evident from the graph of f(x) that it attains mimimum values at every point in `[x_1,x_2]`
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