An environmental landscaping company wishes to run a pipeline from a pumping platform (R) located 40miles offshore to a terminal (B) 15 miles down the coast. It costs $328,000per mile to lay the pipeline underwater and $72,000 per mile to lay the pipeline over land. Determine how many miles from the terminal the two types of pipe should meet (P) so that the total cost is minimized. Enter the exact answer or round to the nearest hundredth.

Nancy Wallin has just purchased a new house that is in need of new flooring. The cost of Pergo Select Heisinki Birch laminate flooring is $6.84 per square foot If Nancy installs the flooring herself or $8.84 per square foot if she has the flooring installed by the flooring company. Use the measurements given on the floor plans of Nancy's house to determine the cost for the flooring in the living/dining room If a) Nancy Installs It herself. b) Nancy has it Installed by the flooring company. a) if Nancy installs it herself, the cost for flooring is $____

A map of Levi’s trip is being made with a scale of 2 centimeters : 30 miles. How many centimeters will a 315 mile trip be on his map?

If you have to fly from JFK airport in New York to LAX airport in Los Angeles, you will fly 2,475 miles. If the average amount of time for a plane to fly from JFK to LAX is 5 hours and 30 minutes, what is the average speed that a plane flies on this trip? Include the appropriate units. Show calculations and clearly report your final answer.

a 12-lb shankless ham contains 16 servings what is the rate in servings per pound

A bronze bushing with a diameter of 22.225 millimeters is to be pressed into a mounting plate.The assembly print calls for a bored hole in the plate to be 0.018 millimeters less in diameter than the bushing diameter. The hole diameter in the plate checks 22.097 millimeters. By how many millimeters must the diameter of the plate hole be increased in order to meet the print specification?

Mr. Goodmoore used a 60-foot sprayer to apply 11 / / 2 quarts per acre of a postemergence (burndown) herbicide to 600 acres of corn land. The herbicide is sold in a 21 / / 2-gallon container at $98.75 per container. He sprayed at a rate of 5.5 mph. Allow an extra 10 percent of total time for turning and filling. a. How many hours did it take to apply the herbicide? b. What was the cost of the herbicide?

Find the cost of an 2 pound 4 ounce serving of a beef stir fry based on the following items. Assume 100% yield: 5 pound bag frozen stir fry vegetables @ $1.45 per pound and 7 pounds of sliced fresh beef @ $3.80 per pound.

Each day, Charlene commutes 107 km to work and 107 km from work. She gets 11.4 L/100 km, and fuel currently costs 95.5¢/L. How much should she budget for fuel to commute to and from work in a month? (Assume 22 working days in a month.)

Kara is sorting buttons by length for a craft project.the line plot shows the length of each button l.if Kara lines up all the 3/4-inch buttons,what would be the the total length