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March 10, 2017

THE OPTIMIZATION OF YOU AND ME



On the same side of a straight river are two towns, and the towns people want to build a pumping station, S, that supplies water to them. The pumping station is to be at the river’s edge with pipes extending straight to the two towns. The distance is shown in the figure beside. Where should the pumping station be located to minimize the total length of pipe?
The pumping station should be located at 4/5 miles.



Posted by: John Rod C. Cortez

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