Math 1210 Pipeline Signature Project April 10, 2014 Marques Fuller

Part A)
i) Running west, then south, and then East to the refinery

4 miles BLM 12 miles BLM 36 miles BLM =

4(x) + 12(x) + 36(x) = $ 4(500,000) + 12(500,000) + 36(500,000) = $26,000,000.00

ii) East through the mountains and then south to the refinery. (36 4)(500,000) + (2,000,000) + 12(500,000) + 320,000 + 4(120,000) = $24,000,000 + $320,000 + (4)$120,000 + 2,000,000 =$27,760,000

Part B) i)
c^2 = 32^2 + 12^2 c = sqrt(1024 + 144) c = 34.176 miles on private land

(c)(350,000) =(34.176)(350,000 + 500,000) =$29,049,600

ii)
12(350,000 + 500,000) + 32(500,000) =$26,200,000

Part C)

12^2 + x^2 = y^2 144 + x^2 = y^2 y = Sqrt(144 + x^2)

C(x) = (350,000 + 500,000)(y) + (500,000)(32 x) = C(x) = 850,000(sqrt(144 + x^2) + (500,000)(32 - x)

y = 850000*(x^2+144)^(1/2)+500000*(32 - x)

C(x) = 850,000(144 + x^2)^1/2 + (500,000)(32 x) (850,000 * x) / sqrt(x^2 + 144) - 500,000 (850,000 * x) / sqrt(x^2 + 144) = 500,000 850,000^2 * x^2 + 500,000^2 * (x^2 + 144) 850,000^2 * x^2 = 2.5e11 * x^2 + 2.6e13 7.225e11 * x^2 4.725e11 * x^2 = 3.6e13 X^2 = 3.6e13/4.725e11

X^2 = 76.1904 X = 8.72871560944 C(x) = 850,000(14.8388) + 500,000 (23.27128)

C(x) = $24,248,636.25

Dear CEO, I have included the document above with my calculations for our optimum route in this pipeline situation that were in. The cheapest cost and most optimal route, it would be partially through private ground, then the rest through some BLM ground. The total cost was found to be $24,248,636.25. This estimate was brought about by some calculus and some evaluating where the cheapest along with the shortest pipe would have to go. Since we didnt want to run up costs of running straight through private land, we threw out that $29 million option. Also, the costs of running through the mountain, along with the delay in time, caused us to throw out that $27 million option. Then another scenario, which ended up taking up a lot of materials and time, was the option to run only BLM land the opposite way of the mountain, and that $26 million option. So we were then brought to the idea of a private land and BLM land combination. So we went straight south, but this also seemed like a less than optimal situation, since the cost of that length still left some optimization to be desired, so we threw out that $26.2 million option. Lastly, we were brought to our last option, and that would be to optimize the combination of an angled approach from the rig to the refinery through private land at an angle then to the BLM land straight to the refinery. This brought us to our optimization problem, which presented a few issues, but we were able to work this issue out and find the right size of the sides of our triangle that provided the

angle at which we would lay the pipe from the rig to the BLM land on the south side. We were able to figure out that the pipe needed to connect from the rig to the south 12 miles and to the east 8.73 miles. We added all of the costs up for this configuration and we were able to get a nice low figure of $24,248,636.25 as mentioned before.

Optimize, Marques Fuller

I was able to learn some simple application from this project. I feel like this project is a great simplified version of what a real life application of calculus can do for real life situations. The trial and error part of this project was very telling of how much work a real project like this might entail. I have learned a ton of calculus based solutions to problems that I had no idea how to figure out before. I feel that I should be able to use calculus to find the derivatives, limits, and integrals of many different things that apply to Electrical Engineering. I am really looking forward to the last month of class, where well learn integrals and those concepts that will help me with what should apply toward understanding sine waves in electrical signals.