Where to Build the Dock
Problem
As shown in the figure, an aquaculture center is located on an island . Two towns and lie on a straight coastline with km, and km, km. The center employs workers who live in town and workers who live in town . A dock is to be built on segment : every worker first travels by land from their town to , and then by water from to . Per hundred people per kilometer, the cost of water transport is half the cost of land transport.
1. Find .
2. Let . Determine the value of for which the total transport cost is smallest.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 5/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Law of Sines, trigonometry, Law of Cosines |
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