Fastest Route to Reach Blonde on Beach: 400/3 m

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The discussion revolves around a problem involving a young man in a boat trying to reach a blonde lying on the beach in the shortest possible time. The scenario includes calculations related to the speeds of paddling and walking, as well as the distances involved.

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  • One participant presents the problem and claims the answer is 400/3 m from the closest point on the beach.
  • Another participant agrees that the situation is the same as a previously discussed problem and suggests using earlier posts to set up the problem correctly.
  • A participant provides a detailed breakdown of the problem, including a sketch and the equations for total time based on rowing and walking distances.
  • One participant claims to have solved the problem differently, arriving at a value of 32.63, and questions whether they are correct.
  • Another participant suggests that the first participant needs to format their LaTeX code properly for clarity.
  • A later reply offers a suggestion on how to write square root expressions in LaTeX.

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Participants express differing methods of approaching the problem, with some claiming specific answers while others question the correctness of those answers. No consensus is reached on the final solution.

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Participants are working with mathematical expressions and LaTeX formatting, which may affect the clarity of their contributions. There are unresolved aspects regarding the correctness of different approaches to the problem.

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390) a young man this boat 100 m from a straight coast where you can see a blonde lying down on the beach at 150 m from the point more close to the young man. If this can paddle at a speed of 4 m/sec and walk to 5 m/sec, at that point you should dock pars to reach the site where the blonde is in the shortest possible

answer is 400/3 from the point closer o more close to the beach

I think is the same situation as the another one that I put 5 minutes ago
 
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leprofece said:
390) a young man this boat 100 m from a straight coast where you can see a blonde lying down on the beach at 150 m from the point more close to the young man. If this can paddle at a speed of 4 m/sec and walk to 5 m/sec, at that point you should dock pars to reach the site where the blonde is in the shortest possible

answer is 400/3 from the point closer o more close to the beach

I think is the same situation as the another one that I put 5 minutes ago

Yes it is exactly the same. Use what I posted in the other thread to see if you can set up this problem correctly.
 
Hello, leprofece!

Did you make a sketch?

A young man in a boat 100 m from a straight coast where he sees a blonde
lying down on the beach at 150 m from the point closest to the young man.
If he can paddle at a speed of 4 m/sec and walk to 5 m/sec, at what point
should he dock to reach the blonde in the shortest possible time?

Answer is 400/3 m from the point closest on the beach.
Code:
    M o
      | *
      |   *    _______
   100|     * √x²+100²
      |       *
      |         *
      o-----------o-------------o
      A     x     P   150-x     B
      * - - - - - 150 - - - - - :
The man is at $M\!:\;MA = 100$

The blonde is at $B\!:\;AB = 150.$

He will row to point $P\!:\;AP \,=\,x$
Then he will walk to $B\!:\;PB = 150-x$

He will row $\sqrt{x^2+100^2}$ m at 4 m/sec.
$\quad$ This will take: $\:\frac{\sqrt{x^2+100^2}}{4}$ seconds.

He will walk $(150-x)$ m at 5 m/sec.
$\quad$ This will take $\:\frac{150-x}{5}$ seconds.

His total time is: $\:T \;=\;\frac{\sqrt{x^2+100^2}}{4} + \frac{150-x}{5}$ seconds.

And that is the function you must minimize.
 
Ok I did it in another way and I got 32,63
Then I introduce in distance{\sqrt{150^2-(100-32,63)^2}}
And I got the right answer
Am I Correct??'Second There is a program called math type
May I Use this program to solve my typing problems?

Id apreciatte your helping me
 
leprofece said:
Ok I did it in another way and I got 32,63
Then I introduce in distance{\sqrt{150^2-(100-32,63)^2}}
And I got the right answer
Am I Correct??'Second There is a program called math type
May I Use this program to solve my typing problems?

Id apreciatte your helping me

You need to enclose your $\LaTeX$ code with tags or delimiters so that it is readable (such as the MATH tags). I am not familiar with math type. Have you tried using the tools we provide to create your $\LaTeX$?
 
yes but i have never got it
if i write sqrt x
it appears \sqrt{x} now, what can i do to appear like you?
 
leprofece said:
yes but i have never got it
if i write sqrt x
it appears \sqrt{x} now, what can i do to appear like you?

You could use:

[noparsetex]$$\sqrt{x}$$[/noparsetex]
 

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