SOLUTION: A girl at point G on the river bank wishes to reach point B on the opposite side of the river as quickly as possible, she starts off in a rowboat which she can row at 4 kilometers

Question 1128676: A girl at point G on the river bank wishes to reach point B on the opposite side of the river as quickly as possible, she starts off in a rowboat which she can row at 4 kilometers per hour and she can run at 16 kilometers per hour. What path ahould she take?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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When you printed your post, you missed at least one important piece of information from the source:

it is the width of the river.

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