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Ne4ueva [31]
2 years ago
11

Two towns, Ancaster and Dundas, are 4 km and 6 km, respectively, from an old railroad line that has been made into a bike trail.

Points C and D on the trail are the closest points to the two towns respectively. These points are 8 km apart. Where a rest stop should be built to minimize the length of a new trail that must be built from both towns to the rest stop? 
Mathematics
1 answer:
serg [7]2 years ago
8 0
Okay, so first you draw a picture and let x be the distance from point D to the rest stop. Then the distance from point  to the rest stop is  8 - x

You know that the length of the new trail is y + z, where y is the distance from Ancaster to the rest stop and z is the distance from Dundas to the rest stop. 

Now by the Pythagorean theorem,  y^2 = 4^2 + x^2 and  z^2 = 6^2 + (8 - x) ^2

So take square roots of these, add them, and minimize. 

Note: I am assuming the path is perfectly straight, otherwise this approach fails.
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