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.