QUESTION 2 Consider a quadratic function f(w) = (aw-b)2 with some a, b e R. To find the minimizer w* of f(w), we need to solve f'(w) = 0 for w. (f'(w) indicates the first derivative of f(w) evaluated at w = w*.) Find the minimizer w and the corresponding minimum f(w*), in terms of a and b.
QUESTION 2 Consider a quadratic function f(w) = (aw-b)2 with some a, b e R. To find the minimizer w* of f(w), we need to solve f'(w) = 0 for w. (f'(w) indicates the first derivative of f(w) evaluated at w = w*.) Find the minimizer w and the corresponding minimum f(w*), in terms of a and b.
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Consider a quadratic function f(w) = (aw-b)2 with some a, b E R. To find the minimizer w* of f(w),
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Consider a quadratic function f(w) = (aw-b)2 with some a, b E R. To find the minimizer w* of f(w),
we need to solve f'(w*) = 0 for w*. (f'(w*) indicates the first derivative of f(w) evaluated at w = w*.)
Find the minimizer w* and the corresponding minimum f(w*), in terms of a and b.
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