Question

Homing pigeons avoid fying over large bodies of water, preferring to fy around them instead. Assume that a pigeon released from a boat 2 miles from the shore of a lake flies first to a point Pon the shore and then along the straight edge of the lake to reach its home at a point if Lis 4 miles from point A the point on the shore closest to the boat and if a pigeon needs ut of as much energy per mile to tly over water as over land, find the location of point P which minimizes energy used Point Pis x miles avay from point A Use radicals as needed To enter Va type To enter fractions type a/b

Answer 1

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