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General: Water Power The proportion of a river’s energy that can be obtained from an und...

General: Water Power The proportion of a river’s energy that can be obtained from an undershot waterwheel is where x is the speed of the waterwheel relative to the speed of the river. Find the maximum value of this function on the interval [0, 1], thereby showing that only about 30% of a river’s energy can be captured. Your answer should agree with the old millwright’s rule that the speed of the wheel should be about one-third of the speed of the river.

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