Minimum Cost of Two Access Roads
Problem
Town is km due east of town . Town is km from in the direction NE. Along the riverbank, modelled by the curve , every point is exactly km farther from than from . A dock is to be built at some point on the curve to transport goods to towns and . Building the road from to costs (in ten-thousand yuan) per km, and building the road from to costs (in ten-thousand yuan) per km. Find the minimum total cost of building these two roads.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 7/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Extrema, conic sections, analytic geometry |
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