A person in a rowboat two miles from the nearest point on a straight shoreline wishes to reach a house six miles farther down th
e shore. if the person can row at a rate of 3 mi/h and walk at a rate of 5 mi/h, find the least amount of time required to reach the house. how far from the house should the person land the rowboat?
To solve this problem, we know that time it takes the person to travel at distance is given by t = distance / rate .So in the attached file, you can see the step by step solution for this problem. And the answer for this question is: The person should walk 6 - 1.5 miles or 4.5 miles along the shore
