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An electric utility is required to run a cable from a transformer station on the shore of a lake to an island. The island is 6 km from the shore and the station is 12 km down the shoreline from a point opposite the island. It costs $4000/km to run the cable on land and $6000/km underwater. Find the path the cable should take for a minimum cost of installation.

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John

  1. Did you make a diagram?

    Mine has I as the island, O as the point on shore opposite the island, and T as the transformer station.
    So IO = 6 km and OT = 12 km

    Let P be any point between O and T,
    let OP = x, then PT = 12-x

    Cost = 6000(IP) + 4000(12-x)

    IP^2 = x^2 + 6^2
    IP = (x^2 + 36)^(1/2)

    Cost = 6000(x^2 + 36)^(1/2) + 48000 - 4000x
    d(Cost)/dx = 3000(x^2+36)^(-1/2)(2x) - 4000
    = 0 for a max/min of Cost
    2x(3000)/√(x^2 + 36) = 4000
    3x/√(x^2 + 36) = 2
    square and cross multiply
    9x^2 = 4x^ + 144
    5x^2 = 144
    x= √144/5 = 5.3667

    Form your word conclusion

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    Reiny

  2. say it goes 12-x km down the shoreline, then heads offshore straight for the island. The resulting path length is 12-x + the hypotenuse sqrt(36 + x^2)
    cost = (12 -x)(4000) + [(36+x^2)^.5]6000

    0 =dc/dx = -4000 + .5 [ (36+x^2)^-.5 ] (2x)(6000)

    which is
    4000 = 6000x/sqrt(36+x^2)
    sqrt(36+x^2) = (3/2)x
    36+x^2 = (9/4)x^2
    36 = (5/4)x^2
    x^2 = 28.8
    x = 5.37 km
    12-x = 6.63 miles on shore then head under water

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