A truck has a minimum speed of 14 mph in high gear. When traveling x mph, the truck burns diesel fuel at the rate of
0.0086584(900/x +x) gal/mile
Assuming that the truck can not be driven over 59 mph and that diesel fuel costs $1.21 a gallon, find the following.
a) The steady speed that will minimize the cost of the fuel for a 600 mile trip.
b) The steady speed that will minimize the total cost of a 600 mile trip if the driver is paid $20 an hour.
c) The steady speed that will minimize the total cost of a 520 mile trip if the driver is paid $31 an hour.
a) To find the steady speed that will minimize the cost of fuel for a 600 mile trip, we need to find the value of x that minimizes the fuel consumption.
The cost of fuel for a 600 mile trip can be calculated using the formula: Cost = Fuel Consumption * Fuel Price * Distance
Substituting the given values, we get: Cost = [0.0086584(900/x + x)] * $1.21 * 600
To find the steady speed that minimizes the cost, we need to find the derivative of the cost function with respect to x, set it equal to zero, and solve for x.
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Because it wanted to find its steady speed and minimize its fuel consumption!
b) To minimize the total cost of a 600 mile trip, we need to consider both the cost of fuel and the cost of the driver's time.
The cost of fuel remains the same as in part a).
Now, let's calculate the cost of the driver's time for a 600 mile trip. The driver is paid $20 per hour, so if we assume the driver maintains the same speed throughout the trip, the total time can be calculated as: Total Time = Distance / Speed
The cost of the driver's time can then be calculated as: Cost of Time = Total Time * Hourly Rate
To find the steady speed that minimizes the total cost, we can combine the cost of fuel and the cost of time. Now we apply the same approach as in part a) to find the optimal speed.
c) Following the same logic as in part b), we now have a 520 mile trip with a driver paid $31 an hour.
Let's find the optimal speed that minimizes the total cost of this trip, considering both fuel and driver's time.
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To find the steady speed that will minimize the cost of fuel for a given trip, we need to minimize the cost function.
a) The cost of fuel for a 600-mile trip is given by the following cost function:
C(x) = 0.0086584(900/x + x) * 600
Where:
x represents the steady speed in mph.
To find the steady speed that will minimize the cost, we need to find the value of x that minimizes the cost function C(x).
To do that, we can take the derivative of the cost function and set it to zero:
C'(x) = 0
Differentiating the cost function C(x) with respect to x:
C'(x) = 0.0086584(-900/x^2 + 1) * 600
Setting C'(x) equal to zero:
0.0086584(-900/x^2 + 1) * 600 = 0
Simplifying:
-900/x^2 + 1 = 0
-900/x^2 = -1
x^2 = 900
Taking the square root of both sides:
x = ± 30
Since the truck cannot be driven over 59 mph, the steady speed that will minimize the cost of fuel for a 600-mile trip is 30 mph.
b) To find the steady speed that will minimize the total cost of a 600-mile trip, considering both fuel cost and driver's pay, we need to modify the cost function.
Let's assume that the trip takes T hours to complete at a steady speed of x mph. The total cost function is given by:
Total Cost = Fuel Cost + Driver's Pay
The fuel cost is C(x) = 0.0086584(900/x + x) * 600 (as we found in part a).
The driver's pay for T hours at a rate of $20/hour is 20T.
Therefore, the total cost function becomes:
Total Cost = 0.0086584(900/x + x) * 600 + 20T
We need to minimize this total cost function with respect to x.
To do that, we set the derivative of the total cost function with respect to x to zero:
d(Total Cost)/dx = 0
Differentiating the total cost function with respect to x:
d(Total Cost)/dx = 0.0086584(-900/x^2 + 1) * 600 = 0
Simplifying:
-900/x^2 + 1 = 0
-900/x^2 = -1
x^2 = 900
Taking the square root of both sides:
x = ± 30
Since the truck cannot be driven over 59 mph, the steady speed that will minimize the total cost of a 600-mile trip, considering both fuel cost and driver's pay, is 30 mph.
c) Similarly, to find the steady speed that will minimize the total cost of a 520-mile trip with a driver's pay rate of $31 an hour, we modify the total cost function as follows:
Total Cost = 0.0086584(900/x + x) * 520 + 31T
We then differentiate the modified total cost function with respect to x, set it to zero, solve for x, and consider the maximum allowed speed of 59 mph.
However, since the given trip distance is 520 miles instead of 600 miles, it might be useful to recheck the calculations and adjust the cost function accordingly.
To find the steady speed that will minimize the cost of fuel for a given trip, we need to find the speed at which the fuel consumption is the lowest.
a) The cost of fuel for a 600-mile trip can be calculated by multiplying the distance by the rate of fuel consumption in gallons per mile and the cost per gallon of diesel fuel. So, the cost of fuel will be:
Cost_of_fuel = 600 * (0.0086584 * (900/x + x)) * 1.21
To minimize the cost of fuel, we need to find the value of x that minimizes the equation above. We can calculate the derivative of the cost of fuel with respect to x, set it equal to zero, and solve for x.
d(Cost_of_fuel)/dx = 0
b) To find the steady speed that will minimize the total cost of a 600-mile trip if the driver is paid $20 per hour, we need to consider both the cost of fuel and the cost of the driver's time. Let's denote the driver's time as T.
The total cost will be the sum of the cost of fuel and the cost of the driver's time:
Total_cost = Cost_of_fuel + Driver's_cost
The driver's cost can be calculated by multiplying the time taken for the trip by the driver's hourly rate:
Driver's_cost = T * $20
To minimize the total cost, we need to find the value of x that minimizes the equation above. We can calculate the derivative of the total cost with respect to x, set it equal to zero, and solve for x.
d(Total_cost)/dx = 0
c) Similarly, to find the steady speed that will minimize the total cost of a 520-mile trip if the driver is paid $31 per hour, we calculate the total cost as:
Total_cost = Cost_of_fuel + Driver's_cost
Driver's_cost = T * $31
To minimize the total cost, we need to find the value of x that minimizes the equation above. We can calculate the derivative of the total cost with respect to x, set it equal to zero, and solve for x.
d(Total_cost)/dx = 0
To find the minimum values for the above cases, you can solve the respective equations using numerical methods or optimization techniques.
fuel cost = miles * gal/mile * cost/gal
c(x) = 600 * 0.0086584(900/x +x) * 1.21 = 6.286 (x + 900/x)
dc/dx = 6.286 - 56.57.4/x^2
so minimum cost is when x = 30 mi/hr
time = distance/speed, so the total cost is
c(x) = 6.286 (x + 900/x) + 20*600/x = 6.286x + 17657.4/x
dc/dx = 6.286 - 17657.4/x^2
so minimum total cost is when x = 53 mi/hr
now adjust that c(x) for the new miles and cost
Pay attention to the domain of c(x)