Can anyone help me with this? Sienna is in a canoe 0.5km off a straight coast line and must reach her friend's house 2km down the shore as quickly as possible. She can run 5km/h and paddle 3km/h. How many meters does she run in order to minimize her time?

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nottim · Answer

try drawing this out first?

anonymous · Answer

've got a drawing, I understand it basically makes two triangles, one from the boat in the water to the shore, and one from the boat to the destination, I'm just having a hard time coming up with an equation

nottim · Answer

|dw:1332732073774:dw| Uh.. that's what I think...