If the model In us = In uf-k/kj is applicable to depict the correlation between speed (mi/h) and density (veh/mi) on a highway segment, and employing regression analysis provides the model constants Y = A + BX (where Y = Inu, X = k) as A = 3.9 and B=0.018, then calculate the: Jam density in veh/km. Express answer into two decimal places. Do not type the unit. veh/km.

If the model In us = In uf-k/kj is applicable to depict the correlation between speed (mi/h) and density (veh/mi) on a highway segment, and employing regression analysis provides the model constants Y = A + BX (where Y = Inu, X = k) as A = 3.9 and B=0.018, then calculate the: Jam density in veh/km. Express answer into two decimal places. Do not type the unit. veh/km.

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