Megan cycles from her home, H, to school, S, each day.
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She rides along a path from her home to point P at a constant speed of 10 kilometres per hour. At point P, Megan cuts across a park, heading directly to school. When cycling across the park, Megan can only cycle at 6 kilometres per hour.
At what distance from her home should she choose to cut across the park in order to make her travelling time a minimum?
You must use calculus and show any derivatives that you need to find when solving this problem.
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2022 NCEA L3 Calculus Exam Walkthrough by infinityplusone(starts at 69:00)