An oil refinery is located 1 km north of the north bank of a
straight river that is 1 km wide. A pipeline is to be constructed
from the refinery to storage tanks located on the south bank of the
river 8 km east of the refinery. The cost of laying pipe is
$200,000/km over land to a point P on the north bank and
$400,000/km under the river to the tanks. To minimize the cost of
the pipeline, how far downriver from the refinery should the point
P be located? (Round your answer to two decimal
places.)
km
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