Ali is a Lead Engineer working on a new oil rig drilling
Last updated: 2/5/2024
Ali is a Lead Engineer working on a new oil rig drilling project The project is located outskirts of Kuwait and has no cellular phone service Ali has a two way radio that allows him to transmit messages to other Engineers on the ground His device has a range of 8 miles in all directions The other Engineers have similar devices that can pick up Ali s messages when they are in range of his two way radio On a particular day Ali is in the project head office at the center of the project His co worker Mahmoud is doing a survey of the land by driving along a straight road through the project area The road that Mahmoud is on starts 12 miles west and 12 miles south of the project s head office and ends 14 miles north and 8 miles east of the project s head office A Construct a model on a coordinate plane of the scenario described B Approximately how many miles of road will Mahmoud be able to receive Ali s messages C Suppose that Mahmoud drives at an average rate of 14 miles per hour If Mahmoud starts his trip at 9 A M at what time should Ali expect him to first be able to receive his messages