A boat on the ocean is 2 mi from the nearest point on a straight shoreline; that point is 11 mi from a restaurant on the shore. A woman plans to row the boat straight to a point on the shore and then walk along the shore to the restaurant. Complete parts (a) and (b) below. a. If she walks at 3 mi/hr and rows at 2 mi/hr, at which point on the shore should she land to minimize the total travel time? miles from the restaurant. To minimize the total travel time, the boat should land (Type an exact answer, using radicals as needed.)

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A boat on the ocean is 2 mi from the nearest point on a straight shoreline; that point is 11 mi from a restaurant on the shore. A woman plans to row the boat
straight to a point on the shore and then walk along the shore to the restaurant. Complete parts (a) and (b) below.
a. If she walks at 3 mi/hr and rows at 2 mi/hr, at which point on the shore should she land to minimize the total travel time?
To minimize the total travel time, the boat should land
(Type an exact answer, using radicals as needed.)
miles from the restaurant.
Transcribed Image Text:A boat on the ocean is 2 mi from the nearest point on a straight shoreline; that point is 11 mi from a restaurant on the shore. A woman plans to row the boat straight to a point on the shore and then walk along the shore to the restaurant. Complete parts (a) and (b) below. a. If she walks at 3 mi/hr and rows at 2 mi/hr, at which point on the shore should she land to minimize the total travel time? To minimize the total travel time, the boat should land (Type an exact answer, using radicals as needed.) miles from the restaurant.
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