A power house, P, is on one bank of a straight river W meters wide, and a factory, F, is on the opposite bank L meters downstream from P. The cable has to be taken across the river, under water at a cost of $CW/m. On land the cost is $CL/m. What is the minimum cost?
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J.R.! Menzinger
on 11 Feb 2014
and again some "new" matlab functions learned on cody...
Ladies and gentleman, I'm glad to introduce you "fminbnd"!!
(applause) :-)
Zikobrelli
on 12 Feb 2014
+1
Athi
on 3 Mar 2019
Great Problem.
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