A power station is on one side of a river that is .5 mile wide, and a factory is 6 miles downstream on the other side of the river. It costs $6 per foot to run overland power lines and $8 per foot to run under water power lines. Write a cost function for running the power lines from the power station to the factory. Estimate the value of x that minimizes the cost. Explain.

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A power station is on one side of a river that is .5 mile  wide, and a factory is 6 miles downstream on the other side of the river. It costs $6 per foot to run overland power lines and $8 per foot to run under water power lines. Write a cost function for running the power lines from the power station to the factory. Estimate the value of x that minimizes the cost. Explain.

Show all work please.

anonymous · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

you wanna minimize: 8l + 6w

amistre64 · Answer

i got me land and water backwards

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