Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Optimization problem minimizing cost?

A new cottage is built across the river and 300m downstream from the nearest telephone relay station. the river is 120m wide. in order to wire the cottage for phone service, wire will be laid across the river under water, and along the edge of the river above ground. the cost to lay wire under water is 15$/m and the cost to lay above ground is 10$/m. how much wire should be laid underwater to minimize the cost?

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