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An oil refinery is located on the north bank of a straight river that is 2 km wide. A pipeline is to be constructed from the refinery to storage tanks located on the south bank of the river 2 km east of the refinery. The cost of laying pipe is $ \$ $400,000 /km over land to a point $ P $ on the north bank and $ \$ $800,000 /km under the river to the tanks. To minimize the cost of the pipeline, where should $ P $ be located?
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