A small island is 3 miles from the nearest point P on the straight shoreline of a large lake. If a woman on the island can row a boat 3 miles per hour and can walk 4 miles per hour, where should the boat be landed in order to arrive at a town 15 miles down the shore from Pin the least time? The boat should be landed miles down the shore from P. (Type an exact answer.)

A small island is 3 miles from the nearest point P on the straight shoreline of a large lake. If a woman on the island can row a boat 3 miles per hour and can walk 4 miles per hour, where should the boat be landed in order to arrive at a town 15 miles down the shore from Pin the least time? The boat should be landed miles down the shore from P. (Type an exact answer.)

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter4: Polynomial And Rational Functions

Section4.3: Zeros Of Polynomials

Problem 67E

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