# Find the least expense?

You want to build a shop between three roads in the shape of an equilateral triangle.

What would be the best location for the shop so that you can reach each road with the minimum transportation cost?

Obviously, it would be inside or on the triangular roads, but I need to know how you can find the best location?

• Can you define transportation cost? Is it the sum of distances to each road? – JS1 Sep 24 '19 at 8:48
• Surely it depends on the SHAPE of the shop to some degree? e.g. If it can be any shape, why not make it a triangle the exact shape and size of the space between all three roads, reducing your transportation costs effectively to zero?? – Stiv Sep 24 '19 at 9:17
• @Stiv & JSi sorry I was not online at that time to give you reply and when I came back the question was already answered and that is the correct answer. I did not put up a lateral thinking tag. it was a logical knowledge base question. yes transportation cost means distance there you got it right JSI. – Sayed Mohd Ali Sep 24 '19 at 14:14

Assuming "transportation cost" means sum of distances to each of the three roads, and the side of the equilateral triangle has length $$1$$:
You can build the store anywhere on or inside the triangle and the transportation cost will be $$\sqrt{3}/2$$.