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Zigmanuir [339]
3 years ago
5

Brandon is on one side of a river that is 50 m wide and wants to reach a point 200 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 1.5 m/s and run at 5 m/s. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

Mathematics
2 answers:
Serga [27]3 years ago
8 0
In finding the minimum amount of time that Brandon can swim is to add the quotient of the distance to swim and its velocity and the quotient of the difference of 250 and the distance cover in running and its velocity. The minimum time is 43.33 seconds
sukhopar [10]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

71.8 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

In the diagram, the plot if the situation is shown. Brandon wants to go from A to C swimming at 1.5 m/s and from C to D running at 5 m/s.

From speed definition:

time = distance/speed

From pythagorean theorem

AC = √(x² + 50²)

Then the distance AC is done in:

time = √(x² + 50²)/1.5       (in seconds)

On the other hand,  the distance CD is covered in:

time = (200 - x)/5        (in seconds)

The total time is

f(x) = √(x² + 50²)/1.5 + (200 - x)/5

We want to optimize it, then we need to find its first derivative and equalize it to zero:

f(x) = √(x² + 50²)/1.5 + (200 - x)/5

f(x) = √(x² + 50²)/1.5 + 40 - x/5

f'(x) =  x/[1.5*√(x² + 50²)] - 1/5 = 0

x/[1.5*√(x² + 50²)] = 1/5

5*x = 1.5*√(x² + 50²)

5²*x² = 1.5²*(x² + 50²)

25*x² - 2.25*x² = 1.5²*50²

22.75*x² = 5625

x = √(5625/22.75)    

x = 15.72

(the negative result is not taking into account because that solution of the square root doesn't have physical sense for the problem)

Then the minimum amount of time is:

f(15.72) = √(15.72² + 50²)/1.5 + (200 - 15.72)/5 = 71.8 seconds

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