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River crossing - solve the problem

Posljednje ažuriranje over 5 years ago

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Using the formula for time taken for travel at a constant speed,

write down and expressionin terms of x for:

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You want to minimise this expression (find the minimum time taken).

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Pitanje 1

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What is the length of AC in terms of x?

Pitanje 2

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the time taken to swim from A to C.

Pitanje 3

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the time taken to run from C to D.

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Hence write down an expression for the time taken, T, to travel from A to D in terms of x.

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Find

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Now solve
to determine the value of x that minimises the time taken.

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How do you know this is a valid value?

Pitanje 8

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For this value of x, find the minimum time possible and descibe the route.