Mathematicians are lazy people who write in symbols and find the shortest way to a solution.

A math man, lives in a house near a road.  Every morning he takes out his rubbish and puts it near the road and proceed to check his mailbox.  Without fail, he always manages to put the rubbish such that the distance he takes from his house to the road to the mailbox is the shortest.
Given the situation below, if you were the math man, where would you place the rubbish? 
Drag the Rubbish to a location you think will give the shortest distance and compare against the math man's.
Check Distance to verify.

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The mailman, every now and then, likes to test the math man by moving the mailbox to a different location.  No matter what, the math man always manages to take the shortest route.  Go ahead and try ...

• Hide the solution and measurement. 

• Drag the mailbox to any new location and

• Proceed to find the math man's new rubbish location.