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What is the minimum value of |z-1|+|z-5|?
How do you know that?
The minimum value occurs when z is the midpoint of the line segment joining 1 and 5. So, the midpoint is (1+5)/2 = 3. Plugging z=3 into the expression for |z-1|+|z-5| gives 6.