Data from a 6-ft by 6-ft inductive loop detector collected during a time period of 24 sec indicate that the mean speed of traffic is 52 mi/h among the 15 vehicles counted. Assume an average vehicle length of 19 ft. Determine the density (in veh/mi) and occupancy (percentage). density ___________veh/mi occupancy ___________%
Data from a 6-ft by 6-ft inductive loop detector collected during a time period of 24 sec indicate that the mean speed of traffic is 52 mi/h among the 15 vehicles counted. Assume an average vehicle length of 19 ft. Determine the density (in veh/mi) and occupancy (percentage). density ___________veh/mi occupancy ___________%
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Data from a 6-ft by 6-ft inductive loop detector collected during a time period of 24 sec indicate that the mean speed of traffic is 52 mi/h among the 15 vehicles counted. Assume an average vehicle length of 19 ft. Determine the density (in veh/mi) and occupancy (percentage).
density ___________veh/mi
occupancy ___________%
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