Vivekanand Vellanki
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Please try the following steps:

  1. Let (x1, y1) be a point in the first equation. We know that y1 = x1^2 in this case
  2. Let (x2, y2) be a point in the second equation
  3. Write an equation for the distance between these 2 points. You will get a quadratic equation in x1 and x2
  4. Find the minimum possible value that this quadratic equation can take


For these equations, you have to minimize the following:

\sqrt{\left(x_1-x_2\right)^2+\left(x_1^2+\left(x_2-2\right)^2+3\right)^2}


This gives \sqrt{13} for x_1=0;\ x_2=2. I tried minimising the 2nd part of the above expression.