Question: Can someone help me to answer this question correctly, please, and explain it. This is calculus 1. The questions are together. A man launches his

 Can someone help me to answer this question correctly, please, and

Can someone help me to answer this question correctly, please, and explain it.

This is calculus 1. The questions are together.

explain it.This is calculus 1. The questions are together. A man launches

A man launches his boat from point A on a bank of a straight river, 3 km wide, and wants to reach point B, 3 km downstream on the opposite bank, as quickly as possible (see the figure below). He could row his boat directly across the river to point C and then run to B, or he could row directly to B, or he could row to some point D between C and B and then run to B. If he can row 6 km/h and run 8 km/h, where should he land to reach B as soon as possible? (We assume that the speed of the water is negligible compared to the speed at which the man rows.) (Hint: This question is based on EXAMPLE 4 in Section 4.7 of the textbook. However, for this question, the textbook has added a challenge which may require an unexpected solution. Look for it!) 3.4016 x km from C C D B

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