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Orthogonality & Least Squares · Superchallenge problem

Among all lines through the origin in the plane, find the smallest possible value of the sum of the squared perpendicular distances from the three points (1,1)(1, 1), (2,3)(2, 3), (3,2)(3, 2) to the line.