You are standing on the bank of a river that is 1 mile wide and want to get to a town on theopposite bank, 1 mile upstream. You plan to row on a straight line to some point R on theopposite bank and then walk the remaining distance along the bank. To what point R should yourow to reach the town in the shortest possible time, if you can row at 4 miles/hr and walk at 5miles/ hr?
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