document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=757067>Question 757067</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two towns a and b are 7 miles apart. they want to build a new school to serve 380 students from a and 2120 students from b. how far from a should the school be built if the total distance traveled by all 2500 students is the smallest possible? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "They want to build a new school to serve 380 students from a and<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 2120 students from b. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How far from a should the school be built if the total distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( " traveled by all 2500 students is the smallest possible?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Build the school in town b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "380*7 = 2660 total miles traveled (2120 students travel 0 miles)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For example, if the school was built 6 mi from a, then:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total miles = 6(380) + 2120(1) = 4460 mi traveled by all 2500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Much larger total </SPAN>\n" );
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