A visitor is staying in a cabin that is 10 km east of the closest point on a shoreline to an island . The island is 9 km

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A visitor is staying in a cabin that is 10 km east of the closest point on a shoreline to an island . The island is 9 km

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A visitor is staying in a cabin that is 10 km east of theclosest point on a shoreline to an island . The island is 9 km duesouth of the shoreline. The visitor plans to travel from the cabinto the island by running and swimming. If the visitor runs at arate of 10 km/h and swims at a rate of 5 km/h, how far should sherun to minimize the time it takes her to reach the island ?
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