2021 WSMO Team Round/Problem 10
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Problem
The minimum possible value of![\[\sqrt{m^2+n^2}+\sqrt{3m^2+3n^2-6m+12n+15}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/8/d/68d0e30357a8b66f429013f413c224dca472dc7c.png)
can be expressed as 
Find 
Proposed by pinkpig
Solution
Notice that we can complete the square inside the second square root:
Notice that we can find the minimum by setting this to 
, which occurs when 
and 
. This gives us the minimum of 
. (If we set the other square root to , we get a minimum of 
which is larger than 
.) Therefore 
.
