Problem 54750. Find the length of stream affected by a spill

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alt="C = (M/(A sqrt(4 pi K t))) exp(-(x-U t)^2/(4 K t))" style="width: 204.5px; height: 40px;" width="204.5" height="40"></div><div style="block-size: 44px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 22px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 22px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 313.617px 8px; transform-origin: 313.617px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Write a function to compute the length of stream affected by the spill. In other words, find the position <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="x = L_a" style="width: 42.5px; height: 20px;" width="42.5" height="20"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 44.3417px 8px; transform-origin: 44.3417px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> (say) beyond which the concentration never exceeds a threshold <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="C = C_t" style="width: 46px; height: 20px;" width="46" height="20"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.88333px 8px; transform-origin: 3.88333px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">. </div></div></div>

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ChrisR on 15 Jun 2022

I feel compelled to point out that the precision I requested in the tests is unrealistic in practice. These lengths do not need to be known to the centimeter, and dispersion coefficients are usually good to a factor of 2.

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