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Bird Migration Power P is the rate at which energy E is consumed per unit time. Ornithologists have found that the power consumed by a certain pigeon flying at velocity is described well by the function . Assume that the pigeon can store of usable energy as body fat. (a) Find the velocity that minimizes power consumption.
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Note that the birds will exhaust their energy after
Then, the total distance traveled after using their stored energy is
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1 of 2Note that the relationship between distance, energy, power, and velocity is given as
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