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6. Given point PP is in the plane of Rt ABC\triangle A B C, BAC=90,CAP\angle B A C=90^{\circ}, \angle C A P is an acute angle, and
AP=2,APAC=2,APAB=1 |\overrightarrow{A P}|=2, \overrightarrow{A P} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=2, \overrightarrow{A P} \cdot \overrightarrow{A B}=1 \text {. }

When AB+AC+AP| \overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A P} | is minimized,
tanCAP= \tan \angle C A P=

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Solution

6. 22\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}.

Let CAP=α\angle C A P=\alpha.
By the problem, BAP=π2α\angle B A P=\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha.
 Given AP=2,APAC=2,APAB=1AC=1cosα,AB=12sinαAB+AC+AP2=AB2+AC2+AP2+2ABAC+2ABAP+2ACAP=sin2α+cos2α4sin2α+sin2α+cos2αcos2α+10=cos2α4sin2α+sin2αcos2α+4542cos2α4sin2αsin2αcos2α+454=494, \begin{array}{l} \text { Given }|\overrightarrow{A P}|=2, \overrightarrow{A P} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}=2, \overrightarrow{A P} \cdot \overrightarrow{A B}=1 \\ \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{A C}|=\frac{1}{\cos \alpha},|\overrightarrow{A B}|=\frac{1}{2 \sin \alpha} \\ \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A P}|^{2} \\ =|\overrightarrow{A B}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{A C}|^{2}+|\overrightarrow{A P}|^{2}+2 \overrightarrow{A B} \cdot \overrightarrow{A C}+ \\ 2 \overrightarrow{A B} \cdot \overrightarrow{A P}+2 \overrightarrow{A C} \cdot \overrightarrow{A P} \\ =\frac{\sin ^{2} \alpha+\cos ^{2} \alpha}{4 \sin ^{2} \alpha}+\frac{\sin ^{2} \alpha+\cos ^{2} \alpha}{\cos ^{2} \alpha}+10 \\ =\frac{\cos ^{2} \alpha}{4 \sin ^{2} \alpha}+\frac{\sin ^{2} \alpha}{\cos ^{2} \alpha}+\frac{45}{4} \\ \geqslant 2 \sqrt{\frac{\cos ^{2} \alpha}{4 \sin ^{2} \alpha} \cdot \frac{\sin ^{2} \alpha}{\cos ^{2} \alpha}}+\frac{45}{4}=\frac{49}{4}, \end{array}

When and only when cos2α4sin2α=sin2αcos2α\frac{\cos ^{2} \alpha}{4 \sin ^{2} \alpha}=\frac{\sin ^{2} \alpha}{\cos ^{2} \alpha}, i.e., tanα=22\tan \alpha=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, AB+AC+AP|\overrightarrow{A B}+\overrightarrow{A C}+\overrightarrow{A P}| achieves its minimum value 72\frac{7}{2}.

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