Brandon is on one side of a river that is 70 m wide and wants to reach a point 250 m downstream on the opposite side as quickly as possible by swimming diagonally across the river and then running the rest of the way. Find the minimum amount of time if Brandon can swim at 2 m/s and run at 4 m/s. (Use decimal notation. Give your answer to two decimal places.) The minimum amount of time is

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Brandon is on one side of a river that is 70 m wide and wants to reach a point 250 m downstream on the opposite side as quickly
as possible by swimming diagonally across the river and then running the rest of the way. Find the minimum amount of time if
Brandon can swim at 2 m/s and run at 4 m/s.
(Use decimal notation. Give your answer to two decimal places.)
The minimum amount of time is
S
Transcribed Image Text:Brandon is on one side of a river that is 70 m wide and wants to reach a point 250 m downstream on the opposite side as quickly as possible by swimming diagonally across the river and then running the rest of the way. Find the minimum amount of time if Brandon can swim at 2 m/s and run at 4 m/s. (Use decimal notation. Give your answer to two decimal places.) The minimum amount of time is S
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