The man is in boat from the nearesty point on the coast.
He is to go to a point , on the shlocated
down the coast.
The man can row at speed of and walk at
.
and
.
Time .
Here the time is considered for both the man can row in water and walking time.
\The time taken by man to reach the point is
.
.
Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
The man can reach the point in minimum time,
.
.
The value of lies between
.
Graph the function .
Observe the graph:
\The solution of is
on
.
The man should row to a point from the nearest point on the coast.
The man should row to a point from the nearest point on the coast.