4. a. A man on an island 12 miles south of a straight beach wishes to reach a point on shore 20 miles east. If a motorboat, making 20 miles per hour, can be hired at the rate of $2.00 per hour of the time it is actually used, and the cast of land transportation is $0.06 per mile, how much must he pay for the trip?.

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4. a. A man on an island 12 miles south of a straight beach wishes to reach a point on shore 20 miles east. If a motorboat, making 20 miles per hour, can be hired at the rate of $2.00 per hour of the time it is actually used, and the cast of land transportation is $0.06 per mile, how much must he pay for the trip?. b. A first class radio telephone operator wishes to cut the wire 100 meters long into two pieces. One of the pieces will be bent into shape of a square and the other into the shape of a circle. Where should he cut the wire so that the sum of the areas of the square and circle are maximized?. Express answers in terms of the length of the wire to be bent into the shape of a circle. thank you
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