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✅ Correct Option: 3

Complete the square:

x2−8x+17=(x−4)2+1x^2 - 8x + 17 = (x-4)^2 + 1.

Since (x−4)2≥0(x-4)^2 \geq 0, the minimum value is 11, attained at x=4x = 4.

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