Hey everyone! I really need some help here. I've been working on it all this week now and I can't seem to get an answer. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.
****I have added a link to the sketch of the problem for the visualization here:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a197/arminvanbuuren/feedlotproblem.gif
There's a feedlot 200 feet long with a water trough along one edge and a feed bin located on an adjacent angle. A cow enters the gate at point A (90 vertical feet from the water trough). She walks straight to point P, gets a drink from the trough, and then walks straight to the feed bin at point B (60 vertical feed from the water trough). If the cow knew calculus, what point P along the water trough would she select to minizmize the total distance she walks?
2007-06-07
16:39:49
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