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Problem Title: The Hydrographic Data Problem

     
  Year: 1986      
  Student Level: Undergraduate      
  Source: MCM      
  Commentary: Yes (1)      
  Student Papers: Yes (1)      
     
  Problem  
 

The table below gives the depth Z of water in feet for surface points with rectangular coordinates X, Y in yards. The depth measurements were taken at low tide. Your ship has a draft of five feet. What region should you avoid within the rectangle (75, 200) × (–50, 150)?

 
         
  Commentary      
 

Practitioner's Commentary: The Outstanding Hydrographic Data Papers

Ernest Manfred
Dept. of Mathematics
U.S. Coast Guard Academy

     
         
  Student Papers      
 

Contour Interpolation of Random Data

Pomona College, CA