Problem. An elderly woman launches her boat from point X on a bank of a strait river 3kilometers wide. She wants to reach point Y, 8 km downstream on the opposite bank as quickly as possible. She could row her boat directly across the river to point Z and then turn to A, or he could row to some point A between CZ and Y, then run to Y. Show proper illustration.
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correction. rowing speed was 6km/hr and running is 5km/hr
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