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You want to run an underground power cable from a power station on one side of a river to a house on the other side, as in the diagram.The house is 5 miles downstream from the station, and the river has a constant width of 1 mile. It costs $1000 per mile to lay cable underground, and $3000 per mile to lay cable under water.How should you lay the cable to minimize the total cost, and what will the minimum cost be?
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