Jane is 2 miles offshore in a boat and wishes to reach a coastal village 6 miles down a straight shoreline from the point nearest the boat. she can row 2 mph and can walk 5 mph. how many miles down the shoreline from the point nearest to her boat should she land her boat?

Let x be the expanse from the point on the shoreline nearby Jane’s boat to the point where she parks her boat. Then she requires to row sqrt 4 + x ^2 mi at 2 mph and walk 6 – x miles at mph.

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option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have