An oil refinery is located on the north bank of a straight river that is 2 km wide. A pipeline is to be constructed from

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An Oil Refinery Is Located On The North Bank Of A Straight River That Is 2 Km Wide A Pipeline Is To Be Constructed From 1 (18.32 KiB) Viewed 29 times

An oil refinery is located on the north bank of a straight river that is 2 km wide. A pipeline is to be constructed from the refinery to storage tanks located on the south bank of the river 3 km east of the refinery. The cost of laying pipe is $200,000 per km over land to a point P on the north bank and $400,000 per km under the river to the tanks. To minimize the cost of the pipeline, how far from the refinery should P be located? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)