arkansasst555
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I need some help setting up the equation for this calculus word problem.....
Two things to get you started: (1) Choose your coordinates for the different cities. It will be enough to assume the Earth is flat, so you can use an XY-plane. (2) You will need the latitude and longitude of each city. Try http://www.indo.com/distance/ for starters.
In order to present a kinder, more capitalist image of extraterrestrials than what is usually shown in the media, I have decided to open up a business in your prime locality. I came to this decision after seeing all the hoopla in a town to your west called Roswell. (Evidently something really strange happened there. I don't recall any of my friends dive-bombing Earth in quite some time, but I digress......) I am starting Space Modulators Incorporated with a grant from the Small Business Administration for legal aliens, and I plan to open several retail outlets to sell my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, since the Earth blocks my view of Venus. (Don't worry, I'll set the phasers to stun, not kill). I need the help of your company to determine the best location for my central distribution site. I plan to open one store in Washington, D.C., one store in San Fransisco, CA, and the third store in College Station, TX. I plan on having just one central distribution site, and will make weekly deliveries to each of the stores. I plan on making three trips per week to San Fransisco, CA, only two per week to Washington, D.C., and five per week to College Station, TX. (They seem to really be into destroying orange and white things in that town; any idea why?) Anyway, I want to minimize the total flight distance, to keep my costs down. If the market is as strong as I anticipate, I plan to open another outlet store in Key West, Florida. I expect the Illudium Q-36 to be so popular there that I will have to make six trips per week there. Before I commit to opening a fourth outlet, I would like to know what effect this will have on the location of the central distribution site for the three stores. I also need to know the optimal site for the distribution site if all four stores are open, and I would like your recommendation on which of the two locations is better.
Washington DC 38:54:18 N, 77:00:58 W
SanFrancisco, CA 37:47:02 N, 122:33:17 W
College Station, TX 30:36:02 N, 96:18:44 W
Key West, Fl 24:33:46N, 81:46:31W
Two things to get you started: (1) Choose your coordinates for the different cities. It will be enough to assume the Earth is flat, so you can use an XY-plane. (2) You will need the latitude and longitude of each city. Try http://www.indo.com/distance/ for starters.
In order to present a kinder, more capitalist image of extraterrestrials than what is usually shown in the media, I have decided to open up a business in your prime locality. I came to this decision after seeing all the hoopla in a town to your west called Roswell. (Evidently something really strange happened there. I don't recall any of my friends dive-bombing Earth in quite some time, but I digress......) I am starting Space Modulators Incorporated with a grant from the Small Business Administration for legal aliens, and I plan to open several retail outlets to sell my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, since the Earth blocks my view of Venus. (Don't worry, I'll set the phasers to stun, not kill). I need the help of your company to determine the best location for my central distribution site. I plan to open one store in Washington, D.C., one store in San Fransisco, CA, and the third store in College Station, TX. I plan on having just one central distribution site, and will make weekly deliveries to each of the stores. I plan on making three trips per week to San Fransisco, CA, only two per week to Washington, D.C., and five per week to College Station, TX. (They seem to really be into destroying orange and white things in that town; any idea why?) Anyway, I want to minimize the total flight distance, to keep my costs down. If the market is as strong as I anticipate, I plan to open another outlet store in Key West, Florida. I expect the Illudium Q-36 to be so popular there that I will have to make six trips per week there. Before I commit to opening a fourth outlet, I would like to know what effect this will have on the location of the central distribution site for the three stores. I also need to know the optimal site for the distribution site if all four stores are open, and I would like your recommendation on which of the two locations is better.
Washington DC 38:54:18 N, 77:00:58 W
SanFrancisco, CA 37:47:02 N, 122:33:17 W
College Station, TX 30:36:02 N, 96:18:44 W
Key West, Fl 24:33:46N, 81:46:31W
