A woman lives on an island 2 km from the mainland. Her fitness club is4 km along the shore from the point closest to the island. To get to thefitness club, she paddles her kayak at 2 km/h. Once she reaches the shore,she jogs at 4 km/h. Determine where she should land to reach her fitnessclub in the shortest possible time.Draw diagram, write let statements, write equations, show derivative steps, do the second derivative test andwrite the conclusion statement.

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals

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Chapter1: Functions And Models

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Problem 1RCC: (a) What is a function? What are its domain and range? (b) What is the graph of a function? (c) How...

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