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Solve Calc 1 Story Problem: Marathon Runner & Park Trail
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[QUOTE="mikky05v, post: 4908393, member: 444256"] [B]I'm attempting to help a tutoring student with this problem and I'm having trouble figuring out how to do it. 1. Homework Statement [/B] A marathon runner likes to practice by running in a large park that has a perfectly circular trail, with circumference 50 kilometers. She runs at a constant training speed, and to complete the entire circle takes her 2 hours and 55 minutes. However, it’s her habit that the moment she feels too tired, she stops running on the trail and starts walking on a straight line across the meadow, directly back to her starting point, at a speed exactly 50% of her running speed. Depending on where she might tire out on the circle, what is the maximum amount of time that she might spend on the run/walk, to the nearest minute? Let (x,y) =(0,0) be the center of the circular track. Let the runner's starting/ending point be the rightmost point on the circle; that is, (r,0) (in both coordinate systems). [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] C=2πr, C= circumference, r= radius d=s*t, d= distance, s=speed, t=time a=θ*r, a=arc length, θ=angle, r=radius d=√[(x[SUB]2[/SUB]-x[SUB]1[/SUB])+(y[SUB]2[/SUB]-y[SUB]1[/SUB])], d=distance between two points x=rcosθ, x=rectangular coordinates, (r,θ)=polar coordinates y=rsinθ, y=rectangular coordinates, (r,θ)=polar coordinates [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] I have no idea how to help him. Can anyone see where to go with this problem? It's been such a long time since I have calc 1 and I am completely lost here.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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