A linear irrigation system consists of a long water pipe with wheels. Sprinkles are mounted at regular intervals along the pipe. The system moves slowly in a rectangular area to give the same quantity of water to all sections of the area. The manufacturer wants you to decide how to place the mosses on the pipe to ensure the most homogeneous water coverage possible. After determining the best distance, develop a model that will decide how fast the system needs to move in the field to drop an inch (2.54 cm) of water in a passage.

Here are the characteristics:

1. Each sprinkle head produces the spray pattern shown below. The flow rate is five gallons a minute for each sprinkler (1 gallon to 3.78 liters). That is, waterfalls uniformly on the area between two concentric circles with radii of one foot (1 foot to 30.48 cm) and twenty feet.

2. The field is 1000 feet wide and 2000 feet long.

3. To avoid a runoff, there should be no more than a double overlap of spray patterns.

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