Loni is standing on the bank of a river that is 1 mile wide and wants to

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Loni is standing on the bank of a river that is 1 mile wide and wants to get to a town on the opposite bank, 1 mile upstream. She plans to row on a straight line to some point P on the opposite bank and then walk the remaining distance along the bank. To what point P should Loni row to reach the town in the shortest possible time if she can row at 4 miles per hour and walk at 5 miles per hour?


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Calculus For Business, Economics And The Social And Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780073532387

11th Brief Edition

Authors: Laurence Hoffmann, Gerald Bradley, David Sobecki, Michael Price

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