A bird is released from an island 5 km from the shore of a lake. The nesting area B is13 km down the straight shoreline from a point A directly across from the island. The bird fliesover water to a point C on the shore and then flics over land to the nesting arca. If it takes 1.4times more energy for the bird to fly over water as to fly over land, where should C be located tominimize total energy expenditure?

Given query is to find the distance c to minimize the energy expenditure.

A bird is released from an island 5 km from the shore of a lake. The nesting area B is down the straight shoreline from a point A directly across from the island. The bird flies ater to a point C on the shore and then flics over land to the nesting arca. If it takes 1.4 more energy for the bird to fly over water as to fly over land, where should C be located to ize total energy expenditure?

A bird is released from an island 5 km from the shore of a lake. The nesting area B is down the straight shoreline from a point A directly across from the island. The bird flies ater to a point C on the shore and then flics over land to the nesting arca. If it takes 1.4 more energy for the bird to fly over water as to fly over land, where should C be located to ize total energy expenditure?

Mathematics For Machine Technology

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337798310

Author:Peterson, John.

Publisher:Peterson, John.

Chapter59: Areas Of Rectangles, Parallelograms, And Trapezoids

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 79A

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